Ukraine Launches Drone Strike on Moscow Region, Injuring 10 Including Child
Ukraine launched a series of drone attacks on the Moscow region late Monday, igniting fires and injuring at least 10 individuals, including a child, according to Russian authorities.
Strikes reportedly targeted “logistics facilities” and an oil depot over 400 kilometers from Ukraine’s border, as confirmed by Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the action as a retribution for Russia’s earlier strikes, stating, “We are responding, justly, to every Russian strike against our cities and communities,” via a post on social media platform X.
The assault followed a wave of ballistic missile strikes by Russia on Kyiv on Sunday and retaliatory attacks on military facilities in Russia on Saturday, including an e-commerce warehouse strike by Ukraine that killed eight workers. Since months of intensified operations, Kyiv has targeted infrastructure deep within Russian territory, causing fuel shortages and disrupting civilian life.
Russian defense forces claim to have intercepted nearly 400 drones in the Moscow region, where attacks on domestic areas have become frequent. Governor Andrei Vorobyov of Moscow Oblast reported that “several private homes” sustained damage in Podolsk, a city south of the capital. A separate incident injured a person when a drone collided with a vehicle on a motorway.
Domodedovo, home to a major international airport, and Odintsovo were also impacted. Further south, the Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border reported one fatality and four injuries from a drone strike.
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that 85 drones were downed over Moscow as they approached the urban perimeter.
A 24-hour-old Russian strike on Kyiv killed one and injured 16, per Ukrainian military updates. Moscow has conducted unprecedented missile bombardments on Ukraine this season, with June marking the highest civilian death toll since 2022.
Kyiv asserts its cross-border operations aim to cripple Russia’s war capacity and pressure the Kremlin toward diplomatic engagement. Independent reporting agencies indicate continuous military telecommunications interference in the region.
(Associated Press via FRANCE 24)
