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17 May 2026, 11:00 GMT+10
Apartment blocks and private homes were hit by Kiev's UAVs, Andrey Vorobyev has said
Three people were killed in a Ukrainian drone raid on Moscow Region overnight, local governor Andrey Vorobyev has said.
Air defenses in the area have been repelling a "major" UAV attack since 3:00 AM local time, Vorobyev wrote in a post on Telegram on Sunday morning.
Two men lost their lives when the debris of a downed drone fell on a home construction site in the village of Pogorelki near the city of Mytishchi, north-east of Moscow, he said.
In the city of Khimki, north-west of the capital, a UAV struck an apartment block, killing a female resident, according to the governor. Another person remains trapped under the rubble, with rescuers working on site, he added.
Four people were wounded when an apartment block and six private homes were hit in the city of Istra, Vorobyev said.
Residential areas and infrastructure facilities have also been targeted in other parts of the region, he added.
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