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Moscow attacked by hundreds of Ukrainian drones

At least three people were injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone barrage on the Moscow region. (AP PHOTO)

Ukraine has launched 620 drones at ‌Moscow and surrounding areas, the Russian capital's mayor says, in one of Kyiv's biggest air assaults on the region, while Russian-annexed Crimea says it suffered power outages after strikes.

Russian ‌forces downed ‌180 of ⁠the drones over the Moscow region overnight and emergency ​services were working at crash sites, mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram on Tursday, without going into detail on any casualties or damage.

Drones hit a warehouse of Russian e-commerce company Wildberries and other facilities near Moscow, regional ⁠governor Andrei Vorobyov said separately.

At ‌least ​three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured in the region, he said.

Wildberries facility after a Ukrainian strike in the Moscow region
Ukraine continues to attack warehouses belonging to Russian online retailer Wildberries. (EPA PHOTO)

Wildberries, ​a frequent ‌target of Kyiv's attacks following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ​2022, said drone debris hit a wall at the warehouse, causing minor damage.

Several other Russian-controlled regions, including Crimea, which Moscow ​annexed ​in 2014, also reported ​heavy attacks from Ukraine.

Krymenergo, the Crimean peninsula's ‌largest power supplier, said southern districts came under Ukrainian drone attacks overnight.

It said several settlements have been cut off from power supplies as a result of the attacks, and that the situation with power deliveries ​had remained challenging in northwestern, eastern and southern parts of ​the region.

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