One dead in Moscow as Ukraine launch drone attack on Russia

One dead and at least 30 injured in the Moscow region after a 'massive' Ukraine drone attack against Russia on the day peace talks begin

One person has been killed in the Moscow region after Ukraine launched what appears to be its largest drone attack against Russia in three years.

At least 91 drones targeted Moscow, sparking fires, closing airports and forcing dozens of flights to be diverted, Russian officials said.

In total, 9 people were injured in the strike on the same day that peace talks were set to begin in Saudi Arabia between Kyiv and Washington.

An apartment building where the downed Ukrainian drone fell at an area in Sapronovo village outside Moscow. / Credit: AP.

The Moscow city mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, has said a total of 337 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia, including 91 over the Moscow region.

The overnight attack came hours before planned talks in Jeddah between Ukrainian delegates and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

It is the first official meeting since last month’s exchange at the white house between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump.

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