Elderly woman injured in Ukrainian drone attack

Elderly woman injured in Ukrainian drone attack - Moscow Region governor

RT.com
08 Jun 2025, 22:50 GMT+10

Ten UAVs were intercepted over the Russian capital's suburbs overnight

An elderly woman has been hospitalized following a drone attack on Moscow Region on Sunday, according to Governor Andrey Vorobyov.

The woman was injured after debris from a downed drone fell onto a summer cottage community in Ramensky Urban District.

"Unfortunately, a 75-year-old woman was injured - she has been hospitalized with a wound and is receiving all necessary medical care," Vorobyov wrote on his Telegram channel.

Air defense systems intercepted ten drones across various districts in the region.

The most significant damage occurred in Istra, where a residential building's facade and windows were impacted by falling debris. No additional civilian injuries and no damage to critical infrastructure was reported.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin also confirmed the interception of drones. The mayor's Telegram channel reported incursions by one or several UAVs almost every hour early on Sunday.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, air defense units shot down 61 drones overnight on Sunday. UAVs were intercepted over multiple regions of the country, including Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Tula, Oryol, Kursk, and Crimea.

Ukraine has significantly intensified its drone raids on civilian infrastructure in Moscow and other Russian regions since mid-May, when a meeting of negotiators from the two countries took place in Istanbul, marking the first direct talks between Kiev and Moscow since 2022. The attacks peaked during the final week of May, when 2,300 UAVs were shot down, according to the Russian MOD.

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