One killed in Moscow as dozens of Ukrainian drones target Russia
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Official says woman died when debris from destroyed drone hit an apartment block starting a fire.
One person has been killed in Moscow after the remnants of a downed Ukrainian drone hit the apartment block where he was living and started a fire, according to Russian officials.
Moscow regional Governor Andrei Vorobyov said debris from the drone damaged at least two high-rise apartment buildings in the Ramenskoye district in the early hours of Tuesday, setting several flats on fire.
City mayor Sergei Sobyanin said emergency teams had been sent to a number of locations across the region as well as to the area near the Zhukovo airport and around the Domodedovo district – the site of one of Moscow’s largest airports. More than 30 flights were suspended.
Russia said its air defences shot down more than 70 Ukrainian drones during the night with at least 15 intercepted in and around Moscow.
The Ramenskoye district, some 50km (31 miles) southeast of the Kremlin, has a population of about 250,000 people, according to official data.
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