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Moscow says 600 drones targeted region overnight

Moscow says hundreds of drones targeted the Russian capital overnight, while NATO jets were again called into action farther south. The incidents underline the growing reach of drone warfare well beyond Ukraine itself.

In the early hours of Sunday, roughly three dozen drones targeted the Moscow region, according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Sobyanin reported that 201 of the drones were successfully destroyed, while three people were injured near the MKAD ring road, receiving medical attention. The Russian capital's mayor stated that the drones launched from an unspecified location between Saturday evening and 6:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.

This marks a surge in Ukrainian long-range attacks deep inside Russia, with earlier reports indicating strikes on military and industrial facilities, as well as warehouses, in the Moscow region.

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