Moscow (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced on his Telegram channel that Russian air defence systems intercepted seven Ukrainian drones heading to Russia’s capital overnight and on Monday morning.
Throughout the ongoing conflict, Ukraine has launched several drone and missile attacks against the Russian capital, Moscow, and the adjacent territories. As reported, both sides deny that they are trying to strike civilians and that their strikes are directed toward military targets. Nevertheless, thousands of civilians have been killed after Russia escalated the conflict into a war of full scale invasion against Ukraine in February 2022.
What damage has the Ukrainian drone attack caused in Russia?
As reported, three individuals lost their lives in Ukrainian overnight drone strikes aimed at the Tula and Nizhny Novgorod regions, as well as Moscow, according to Russia’s regional official and the defence ministry on Monday.
Moreover, two people died and two others were hospitalised after an attack before midnight on Sunday in the Tula region, which borders the Moscow region to the north, according to Tula Governor Dmitry Milyaev on Telegram.
Gleb Nikitin, the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, announced on Telegram that one person was killed and two others were hospitalised after a Ukrainian attack targeted an industrial zone in western Russia.
Russian air defence units shot down 59 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 12 over the Tula region and two over the Moscow region. The ministry only reports the number of drones intercepted, not the total Ukraine.
How is Ukraine targeting industrial and military sites in Russia?
The strikes consisted of strikes on industrial and military targets in western Russia, with the Ukrainian forces having more frequently used long-range Kamikaze drones to strike deep into Russia. These drone strikes go beyond loss of life; they are also causing fires at facilities such as oil refineries and military production facilities. Moscow has responded with an increase in air defence systems and has noted how many of the incoming drones they have shot down.
What was the scale of Ukraine’s largest attack on Moscow?
In a similar attack on Russian capital, on March 11, 2025, Ukraine executed its largest drone attack on Moscow and its region, deploying over 90 drones, targeting the area. Russian air defences intercepted at least 91 drones specifically area of Moscow invasion; and a total of 337 drones were reported downed in other regions of Russia during the onslaught. The attack killed at least three people working in a meat processing facility in the village of Yam near Domodedovo airport and injured 17 others, including some children.
