Blazes have been reported in the Russian capital and more than a dozen people wounded in the region, in one of Kiev\u2019s largest aerial attacks<\/p>\n
At least 17 people have been wounded after the Ukrainian military launched one of its largest drone raids against Moscow, the Russian authorities have said.
\nAir defenses shot down at least 194 UAVs on the approach to the Russian capital overnight, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote in a Telegram post on Thursday morning.
\nSome drones made it through and caused blazes, with witnesses reporting large plumes of thick black smoke in several areas in and outside the city.
\nSeveral drones reached the Moscow Oil Refinery in the southeastern Kapotnya district of the city, Sobyanin said. Firefighters have been deployed to the site.
\nDebris from a downed UAV delivered minor damage to a building at the Sadovod shopping center in southeastern Moscow, according to the mayor.\u00a0
\nAll four of Moscow\u2019s international airports were forced to halt flights during the raid, Russia\u2019s federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsia, said.<\/p>\n
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In Moscow Region, a drone struck an apartment block in the city of Zhukovsky, Governor Andrey Vorobyev said on Telegram. There were no injuries and residents have been evacuated from the building, he said.
\nA woman was lightly wounded after debris from a UAV fell on the roof of her home near the city of Eletrostal, around 58 km east of the capital, according to the governor.
\nA car also caught fire the city after being struck by drone debris, he added.
\nThe roof of the Belaya Dacha mall on the Moscow Ring Road, east of the capital, caught fire as a result of a drone attack, Vorobyev said. The mall\u2019s administration announced later that it was temporarily shutting down.
\nDebris from drones fell in several areas in the nearby city of Lyubertsy, according to the governor.<\/p>\n
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Private homes were also damaged outside the city of Chekhov, around 50 km south of Moscow, he said.
\nThe Russian Defense Ministry said more than 550 Ukrainian UAVs had been shot down across the country since Wednesday evening. The interceptions took place in Moscow, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Orel, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Rostov, and Ryazan regions, as well as in Crimea and over the Sea of Azov, it said.
\nOne person was killed and two others wounded in a drone attack on the town of Gukovo in Rostov Region, according to Governor Yury Slusar.<\/p>\n
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The Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Thursday that Russian forces carried out another strike overnight against Ukraine\u2019s military-linked energy infrastructure in response to terrorist attacks by Kiev.
\nA fuel depot outside Kiev and an oil refinery in Poltava Region were hit with missiles and drones, it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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