Ukrainian drones massively attack Moscow: Details
Photo: fires were recorded (screenshot)
On the morning of March 11, unknown drones massively attack Moscow. The attack damaged buildings, left one dead and injured, according to Russian Telegram channels.
As of 7:19 a.m., Russian air defense continues to repel drone attacks on Moscow. According to the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, 73 drones flying at the city have allegedly been shot down so far.
Consequences of attack on Moscow
As a result of the drone attack, many damages to residential buildings and others were recorded.
The wreckage of one of the drones damaged a multi-story building in Moscow on Domodedovskaya Street.
The head of the Domodedovo urban district reported that a fire broke out in the parking lot of the Miratorg in the Moscow region after the drone attack. More than 20 cars burned down completely. One of the employees, namely a security guard, died as he was near the vehicle at the time.
Also, the head of Domodedovo, Evgenia Khrustaleva, informed that the drone's wreckage fell near the Domodedovo railway station. As a result, trains to Moscow and the region are not running through this section.
Around 5 a.m., the drone flew into a multi-story building in Ramenskoye. A fire broke out in an apartment on the top floor. At least 7 apartments were damaged, but no one was injured.
Russian telegram channels reported that this morning one of the drones hit a house in Vidne. As a result, a fire broke out on the top floor of the apartment building.
One of the drones crashed into a private house in the cottage village of Vysoky Bereg. There was a fire there.
In Chernogolovka, Moscow region, the drone's wreckage fell near a high-rise building.
“In Chernogolovka, in the area of Tsentralnaya Street, 18, the wreckage of an aircraft was found. No one was injured. Emergency services are working at the site of the wreckage,” the mayor wrote.
The channels reported that residents of Lytkarino (Moscow region) also heard the sounds of explosions. Air defense systems were allegedly operating in the village. A video posted on social media shows that after the explosion, an alarm went off in the cars of one of the yards. The consequences of this attack are still unknown.
Telegram SHOT reported that a resident of Sapronov near Moscow and her family escaped after a drone hit their apartment. According to Elena Rastorgueva, the UAV flew into the window of the apartment on the 20th floor. The incident happened at around 5 a.m. After the incident, she and her husband woke up, ran to their children, took their pets and evacuated on their own. There were no injuries, but the blast wave smashed two windows in the apartment, tore off cabinet doors and damaged furniture.
Because of the drone attack, several airports in Moscow and the Moscow region were temporarily suspended, namely: Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky.
Currently, according to information in Russian telegram channels, a total of one person was killed and eight were injured (including two children) as a result of the drone attack. All the victims were recorded in the Moscow region.
Updated at 7:55 a.m.
“The most massive attack of enemy drones on Moscow has been repelled. A total of hundreds of combat drones were shot down at different locations. I thank the air defense forces of the Ministry of Defense for their excellent work,” Sobyanin wrote.
How many drones attacked Russia last night
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported at about 7:30 a.m. Kyiv time that 337 drones were allegedly shot down overnight. Most of them were over the territory of the Kursk region - 126 units.
“91 UAVs - over the territory of Moscow region, 126 UAVs - over the territory of Kursk region, 38 UAVs - over the territory of Bryansk region, 25 UAVs - over the territory of Belgorod region, 22 UAVs - over the territory of Ryazan region. 10 UAVs - over the territory of the Ryazan region, 10 UAVs - over the territory of the Kaluga region, 8 UAVs - over the territory of the Lipetsk region, 8 UAVs - over the territory of the Oryol region, 6 UAVs - over the territory of the Voronezh region and 3 UAVs - over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,” the statement says.
Some Russian military commanders write that this night was the largest drone attack on Russian territory. However, this information has not yet been officially confirmed.
Drones attacked airfield in Ryazan
In addition to Moscow, Ryazan was also attacked by drones. At night, Russians complained that they heard at least 10 explosions near the Dyagilevo military airfield. In the morning, the head of Ukraine's Central for Countering Dissinformation, Andrii Kovalenko, confirmed that drones had attacked Moscow, the Dyagilevo military airfield, and also struck the Kursk region.
