Ukrainian Drones Target Moscow, Russia Intercepts Multiple Attacks

Ukraine launched a series of drone attacks on Moscow and other regions in Russia. Moscow’s regional governor, Andrey Vorobyov, confirmed that a woman was killed and another person was injured in the attack on the capital. Russian air defenses managed to intercept and destroy 14 Ukrainian drones that were targeting areas in Moscow and the nearby city of Podolsk, about 38 km from the Kremlin.

The mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, reported via Telegram that a fire had broken out on the 11th and 12th floors of a residential building due to the drone strikes. Emergency services were deployed to the scene. Meanwhile, Russian media linked to the security services indicated that flights at Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports were temporarily suspended during the attacks.

In addition to the incidents near Moscow, drones were also shot down in Russia's Lipetsk region, located several hundred kilometers south of the capital. The region’s governor, Igor Artamonov, reported no casualties or significant damage. In the Bryansk region, near the border with Ukraine, 59 drones were destroyed by Russian air defenses.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that his forces were holding their positions in the Donetsk region, despite the ongoing Russian offensive in the east. Russia's Ministry of Defense reported the capture of the village of Memrik, situated east of Pokrovsk, though Ukrainian reports from the General Staff did not mention the village, which lies in a highly contested area of the front.

Early this morning, Ukrainian air defenses successfully repelled a Russian drone attack on Kyiv, according to the military administration in the capital. The incident is part of a continuing pattern of aerial assaults between the two nations.

In a separate event, two people died, and three others were injured following a fire that broke out on an oil pipeline in Russia’s Orenburg Region. The Russian news agency TASS confirmed the incident, stating that the cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Unofficial reports of the explosion had circulated on Russian Telegram channels the day prior.

On the international front, the Swedish government announced a 17th military aid package for Ukraine, valued at 400 million euros. This latest shipment, which brings Sweden’s total support to Ukraine to 4.2 billion euros, includes 6 armored landing craft, portable anti-aircraft systems, anti-tank grenade launchers, and ammunition for previously supplied infantry fighting vehicles. Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonsson clarified that there are no current plans to send Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine.