Russia says shot down over 400 Ukrainian drones, baby killed outside Moscow
Russia on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) said it shot down 419 Ukrainian drones over the country overnight, including in the Moscow region, where authorities said
Russia on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) said it shot down 419 Ukrainian drones over the country overnight, including in the Moscow region, where authorities said a si month-old baby was killed. Kyiv has stepped up its long-range drone strike campaign against Russia in recent months, as Moscow's full-scale offensive against Ukraine drags on for almost 4.5 years.
Kyiv has particularly targeted Russian energy infrastructure to hit a vital source of the Kremlin's revenue to fund its war effort. Air defence systems "intercepted and destroyed 419 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles" around the country, the defence ministry posted on the state-run Max platform. The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, later said that drones had hit the village of Yevgoryevsk, south-west of Moscow, hitting a "private house." "Unfortunately, a si month old baby died on the way to hospital," he said on Telegram.
Two adults and another child were hospitalised, he added. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said earlier that air defence had shot down 61 "enemy drones" on the capital since Monday evening. The swarm came days after Russia shot down 660 Ukrainian drones between Thursday and Friday, one of the highest figures since the start of the conflict.
A Ukrainian attack also caused a fire last week at a refinery in the southeast of Moscow.
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