Ukraine launched more than 600 drones at Moscow overnight, the Russian capital's mayor said Tuesday, calling it one of the largest long-range Ukrainian assaults on the Moscow region since the war began more than four-and-a-half years ago.
In an attack beginning Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday morning, 637 Ukrainian drones were launched at Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Russian officials said at least 180 were shot down in the Moscow region, while more than 150 were intercepted elsewhere across the country.
A high-rise building and a warehouse owned by Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, caught fire in the Moscow region. Ukraine has intensified attacks on Wildberries' warehouses and factories over the last month, knocking out seven of the company's 10 largest logistics facilities, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense.
There were no confirmed fatalities from the Ukrainian strikes, but authorities said some people were wounded.
Some 60% of Ukraine's drones are built by one domestic company: Fire Point. It's run by 34-year-old Iryna Terekh, an architect who turned her design skills toward building weapons. Hundreds of workers piece together the drones at Fire Point's factories, usually by hand.
"We feel like we can provide a very asymmetrical answer with having low resources and yet making an impact," Terekh told CBS News.
Fire Point is also developing ballistic missiles for Ukraine, which Terekh says will be used against Russia by the end of the year.
"The only thing that they understand, the only language that they understood, is the language of power," Terekh said of Russia.
Russia, meanwhile, launched an attack overnight on the city of Pechenhy in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region, killing 10 people, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"We will definitely respond to this Russian strike," Zelenskyy wrote on X. "And it is equally important that our partners also complement our just kinetic responses with their own actions to put pressure on Russia and support Ukraine."
Russian officials also threatened consequences over the use of British drones in Ukraine's deep strikes. Although Ukraine manufactures the vast majority of its own attack drones, Russian officials said Tuesday that debris found in the country showed British-made drones had been shot down recently.
Russian officials also threatened consequences over the use of British drones in Ukraine's deep strikes. Although Ukraine manufactures the vast majority of its own attack drones, Russian officials said Tuesday that debris found in the country showed British-made drones had been shot down recently.
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