A fire at a parking lot in the Moscow region’s Domodedovo district after a drone attack
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense systems shot down 337 Ukrainian drones overnight in the largest drone attack on Russian territory since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
Among the targeted areas was Moscow and the surrounding region, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported on Telegram. By 8:45 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Russian air defense forces had shot down 74 drones heading toward the capital, Sobyanin said, calling it the most extensive drone attack on Moscow to date. Debris from a downed drone caused minor damage to a building’s roof in southern Moscow, he added.
A damaged apartment building in Moscow. March 11, 2025.
In the Moscow region, two people were killed and 14 others injured in the attack, according to Governor Andrey Vorobyov. He said the casualties occurred in the towns of Vidnoye, Domodedovo, and Ramenskoye, as well as the villages of Yam and Sapronovo.
The Telegram channel Baza reported that a security guard was killed in a parking lot in the Domodedovo district, and a 50-year-old man died after being taken to the hospital. According to Baza and Mash, 20 people were injured in the attack, including two children.
Videos circulating online appear to show the moment a drone crashed into a building in Sapronovo, along with footage from inside a damaged apartment.
Several residential buildings in the Moscow region were damaged by drone debris, with fires and evacuations reported in multiple areas.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) imposed temporary restrictions at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports in response to the attacks.
The Moscow Railway press service reported that debris from a drone damaged infrastructure at Domodedovo Station, disrupting commuter train schedules.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense systems shot down 91 drones over the Moscow region and 126 over the Kursk region. Another 25 drones were intercepted over the Belgorod region, 22 over the Ryazan region, 10 over the Kaluga region, eight each over the Lipetsk and Oryol regions, six over the Voronezh region, and three over the Nizhny Novgorod region.