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Russian regions hit by overnight drone barrage as Moscow attack kills five
Authorities say coordinated drone strikes targeted the Moscow and Leningrad regions, sparking warehouse fires, damaging infrastructure and leaving multiple casualties.
Russian regions hit by overnight drone barrage as Moscow attack kills five
Russia says air defence systems intercepted 17 unmanned aerial vehicles after a security alert was declared in the region's airspace. (Reuters)

At least five people were killed and seven others injured after overnight drone attacks struck Russia's Moscow and Leningrad regions on Tuesday, according to local authorities.

Russia's Defence Ministry said it had brought down or destroyed 320 Ukrainian drones overnight over 19 different regions.

Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov said Russian air defences repelled a drone attack over the region, but the heaviest damage was reported in the Chekhov municipal district, where strikes ignited multiple fires in the Novosyolki industrial zone.

Emergency crews extinguished a major warehouse fire, while an electrical substation and an administrative building also sustained damage.

Vorobyov said five people were killed and six others injured in the Moscow region. In the village of Solnyshkovo, falling drone debris damaged a private home and a vehicle, though no casualties were reported there.

The governor added that Russian forces continued intercepting drones over the Volokolamsk, Klin, Chekhov and Serebryano-Prudsky districts.

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Leningrad warehouse damaged

Further north, a warehouse near the village of Krasny Bor in Russia's Leningrad region was damaged in a separate drone attack, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said.

He said Russian air defences intercepted 17 unmanned aerial vehicles after a security alert was declared in the region's airspace. One person was injured in the attack.

Logistics centres operated by Russian online retailer Wildberries have been targeted repeatedly since mid-July, with the latest strike adding to a series of attacks on warehouse facilities.

Ukrainian authorities have not commented on either of the reported drone attacks.

SOURCE:TRT World and Agencies