Eight-year-old girl killed in Ukrainian drone raid on Moscow – governor
An eight-year-old girl has been killed near Moscow during a Ukrainian drone raid targeting the Russian capital, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyev has said.
The deadly attack on the Ramenskoe district came hours after Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov published a photo of himself showing the results of one of Kiev’s largest UAV attacks on Moscow to his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, during a NATO meeting in Brussels.
Pistorius and other officials from the bloc were seen looking at Fedorov’s phone with interest.
Air defenses shot down at least 194 drones on their approach to the Russian capital on Thursday, with at least 17 people wounded in several cities near Moscow due to the raid.
Ukraine continued to send more drones towards Russia’s largest city, populated by over 13 million, on Friday. At least 33 aerial targets were intercepted, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
Vorobyev reported on Telegram that an eight-year-old girl had died in a blaze in Ramenskoye, southwest of the capital, as a result of the latest Ukrainian raid. At the time of the attack, the child was at home with her grandmother, who remained unharmed, he added.
“I extend my sincere condolences to the [victim’s] family and loved ones. We will provide the family with all necessary assistance and support,” Vorobyev wrote.
According to the governor, 18 apartment blocks were damaged across Moscow Region during the Ukrainian attack.
The town of Kotelniki, east of the capital, was affected the most, with 13 multi-story residential buildings hit by UAV debris there, he said. Two apartment blocks were also damaged in Lyubertsy and one each in Ramenskoye, Zhukovsky, and Balashikha.
Experts are already assessing the damage in order to begin swift repairs, and the owners of the affected apartments will receive monetary compensation from the state, Vorobyev said.
