Moscow targeted by drones after one person dies in latest wave of Kyiv air strikes

MOSCOW was hit by a wave of drone attacks today damaging several buildings, according to the city’s mayor

- Michael Howie

Sergei Sobyanin said two people were injured, one of whom was hospitalised, and residents of two buildings damaged in the attack were evacuated.

It came as the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was targeted by a third wave of strikes in 24 hours. One person died and three were injured when a high-rise building caught fire as debris fell from drones taken out by air defence systems.

Residents in south-western Moscow said they heard loud bangs from around 3am UK time followed by the smell of petrol, in the rare apparent attack on Russia’s capital. Some filmed a drone being shot down and a plume of smoke rising over the skyline.

Andrei Vorobyov, governor of the wider Moscow region, said several drones were “shot down on the approach to Moscow”.