On the morning of March 11, unknown drones launched a massive attack on Moscow. As a result, buildings were damaged, with reports of one fatality and several injured.
This was reported by Russian Telegram channels.
As of 7:19 AM, Russian air defense continued repelling the drone attack on Moscow. According to the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergey Sobyanin, 73 drones flying toward the city had allegedly been shot down.
The drone attack caused extensive damage to residential buildings and other structures.
Debris from one of the drones damaged a high-rise building on Domodedovskaya Street in Moscow. The head of the Domodedovo city district reported that after the drone attack, a fire broke out in the Miratorg parking lot in the Moscow region, completely destroying more than 20 cars. One of the employees—a security guard—was killed as he was near a vehicle at the time.
Domodedovo Mayor Yevgenia Khrustalyova stated that drone debris fell near the Domodedovo railway station, disrupting train traffic to and from Moscow in that area.
Around 5 AM, a drone crashed into a high-rise residential building in Ramenskoye, causing a fire in an apartment on the top floor. At least seven apartments were damaged, though no casualties were initially reported.
Russian Telegram channels also claimed that a drone hit a building in Vidnoye, causing a fire on the top floor of a residential complex. Another drone crashed into a private house in the High Coast cottage settlement, starting a fire.
In Chernogolovka, Moscow region, drone debris fell near a high-rise building.
"In Chernogolovka, near 18 Tsentralnaya Street, fragments of an aerial vehicle were found. No casualties. Emergency services are working at the crash site," the city's mayor stated.
Due to the drone attack, several airports in Moscow and the Moscow region—Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky—temporarily suspended operations.
According to Russian Telegram channels, the attack resulted in one fatality and eight injured, including two children. All casualties were reported in the Moscow region.
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"The most massive enemy drone attack on Moscow has been repelled. Hundreds of combat drones were shot down at various defense lines. Thanks to the air defense forces of the Aerospace Forces of the Ministry of Defense for their excellent work," Sobyanin wrote.
Around 7:30 AM Kyiv time, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 337 drones had allegedly been shot down overnight. The highest number—126—was intercepted over the Kursk region.
"91 UAVs over the Moscow region, 126 UAVs over the Kursk region, 38 UAVs over the Bryansk region, 25 UAVs over the Belgorod region, 22 UAVs over the Ryazan region, 10 UAVs over the Kaluga region, eight UAVs over the Lipetsk region, eight UAVs over the Oryol region, six UAVs over the Voronezh region, and three UAVs over the Nizhny Novgorod region," the statement read.
Some Russian war correspondents claimed this was the largest drone attack on Russian territory to date, though this information has not been officially confirmed.
