Ukraine launched more than 600 drones toward Moscow overnight into Tuesday morning, marking one of Kyiv's most extensive long-range aerial assaults of the war. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated that at least 637 drones were directed at the capital region, with Russian air defenses reportedly intercepting 197 over the capital itself. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have downed a total of 791 Ukrainian craft overnight.
Andrey Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow Region, reported that three people sustained injuries, including a 10-year-old girl, in attacks in the southeastern and northeastern suburbs of the city. Residential properties in three eastern districts, along with a shopping center, a local government building, and a residential building in Kolomna, were also damaged. A fire broke out at a warehouse belonging to the Russian e-commerce company Wildberries, located to the east of Moscow. The company stated that its logistics facility suffered minor damage, with drone debris impacting a building wall.
Mosoblenergo, a regional energy provider, reported that over 5,000 customers and 46 significant facilities in the Moscow region lost power following the strikes. Russia's federal flight transport agency, Rosviatsiya, announced temporary flight restrictions at all four of Moscow's international airports.
Elsewhere, drone attacks in the Ryazan region of western Russia injured at least three people, according to regional governor Pavel Malkov. In the Bryansk region, local officials reported three additional injuries from Ukrainian attacks.
In recent months, Ukraine has intensified its long-range strikes deep into Russian territory, targeting urban centers, fuel processing facilities, logistics hubs, and military installations. Data analyzed by ABC News indicates that Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have shot down at least 11,236 Ukrainian drones in August, nearing July's record total. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with military leaders to discuss long-range operations and confirmed priorities for strikes in the coming weeks, asserting the effectiveness of his country's long-range strategy.
Concurrently, Russia continued its own long-range attacks against Ukrainian cities. Ukraine's air force reported that Russia launched 147 drones, of which 111 were intercepted. Russian drone impacts were reported in 19 locations across Ukraine. An airstrike on the village of Pechenihy in the northeastern Kharkiv region killed at least 10 people, and injured at least 17 others, according to Ukrainian officials. President Zelenskyy vowed a response to this Russian attack and urged international partners to increase pressure on Russia and support Ukraine.
In other Russian attacks within Ukraine, one person was killed and 15 injured in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. Two people were killed and 10 injured in strikes in the southern Kherson region, one person was killed and four injured in the eastern Donetsk region, and three people were killed and three injured in the northeastern Sumy region.