Published: 12:58, March 11, 2025 | Updated: 15:14, March 11, 2025
1 killed, 3 injured in Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow region
By Xinhua
A view shows a damaged apartment building in a residential complex following a drone attack in the village of Sapronovo in the Moscow region on March 11, 2025. (PHOTO / AFP)

MOSCOW - Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov said that one person was killed, and three others injured in a massive Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region on Tuesday.

In a Telegram post, Vorobyov said drone debris fell on an apartment building in the urban district of Ramenskoye, damaging at least seven apartments from the 19th to the 22nd floors. As a result, 12 residents, including three children, were evacuated.

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Meanwhile, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel that Russian air defense forces shot down 69 Ukrainian drones in the Moscow region Tuesday morning amid the large scale drone attack.

A view shows the entrance to a logistics hub of Russia's Miratorg agribusiness holding, where a number of cars were burned out in a recent drone attack, according to local authorities, in Domodedovo in the Moscow region on March 11, 2025. (PHOTO / AFP)
A view shows a damaged apartment building in a residential complex following a drone attack in the village of Sapronovo in the Moscow region on March 11, 2025. (PHOTO / AFP)

Evgeniya Khrustaleva, head of the Domodedovo urban district in the Moscow region, said earlier Tuesday that train traffic between Domodedovo and Moscow, which had been stopped, was beginning to resume.

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Meanwhile, the Federal Air Transport Agency announced temporary flight restrictions at Moscow's Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports to ensure flight safety.