The Moscow region was targeted overnight by more than 390 drones, the mayor of the Russian capital said on Tuesday, causing damage to homes according to the authorities, before a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House.
“More than 390 drones headed towards the Moscow region” and “most were neutralized well before reaching the city,” Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram, specifying that “81 enemy drones [avaient] were destroyed as they approached Moscow.
The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobiov, reported on the same social network a damaged building and houses, without reporting any casualties for the time being.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported 356 Ukrainian drones neutralized between 5 p.m. (GMT) Monday and 5 a.m. (GMT) Tuesday, over around fifteen regions, including Moscow.
This difference in the number of drones has not been explained.
More than four years after the start of Russia’s large-scale offensive against Ukraine, diplomacy has stalled and both countries are ramping up their long-range strikes.
