Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia’s Moscow region, killing two

He said this as both sides intensify long-range strikes on infrastructure before winter[2].The Moscow Times reports that a 20-year-old man was killed in the village of Radumlya north of Moscow, while rescuers recovered the body of a 71-year-old man from under the rubble of a destroyed home in Barybino[3]. According to Newsweek, Moscow Regional Governor Andrey Vorobyov said nine others were reported injured[4].France 24 reports that Vorobyov said 47 houses across seven municipalities had been damaged, as had four apartments in a residential building in the village of Lobanovo[1].The Moscow Times reports that the exiled outlet Astra said video showed a fire at the Moscow region's largest fuel storage hub: the Volodarskaya line production and dispatch station[3]. The Moscow Times said it could not independently verify the report[3].According to Newsweek, Moscow's four airports grounded all flights in the early hours of Tuesday[4], and nine aircraft were diverted from Moscow to St Petersburg[4].Newsweek reports that Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defences had intercepted 868 Ukrainian drones over 11 Russian regions[4], as well as over Crimea and the Sea of Azov.The Moscow Times reports that the attack follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's weekend pledge to target Russian energy infrastructure[3].