Ukraine launches 'massive attack' on Moscow, shutting down airports

Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on the Russian capital city of Moscow since the full-scale war began in 2022, injuring one person and forcing three major airports to divert flights, as Russia fired an unprecedented 145 drones against Ukraine.

Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on the Russian capital city of Moscow since the full-scale war began in 2022, injuring one person and forcing three major airports to divert flights, as Russia fired an unprecedented 145 drones against Ukraine.

Moscow's regional governor, Andrei Vorobyov, called it a "massive attack" and said two houses in the village of Stanovoye, 15 miles southeast of the city, had caught fire after the drones fell. He said a 52-year-old woman was in intensive care after she was injured by shrapnel and hospitalized with burns to her face, neck and hands.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it “intercepted and destroyed” 34 drones over Moscow following the latest strikes on the capital.

Rescuers at the site of a drone attack in the village of Stanovoye in the Moscow region on Sunday.Tatyana Makeyeva / AFP - Getty ImagesAll three airports have since resumed operations, including Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia’s busiest.

It is not the first time Ukraine has struck the capital, but its largest attack on the city to date comes as the United Kingdom's defense chief, Adm. Tony Radakin, estimated that Russia had suffered its worst ever month for casualties since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-launches-drone-attack-moscow-shutting-airports-rcna179485

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