Russia downs 180 drones in Moscow region overnight, mayor says


Aug 18 (Reuters) - ⁠Russia downed 180 drones in the ⁠Moscow region overnight, the capital's ‌mayor, Sergei Sobyanin,said on the Telegram messaging app early on Tuesday, in one of the ​biggest Ukrainian air attacks on ⁠the Russian capital.

Drones ⁠hit a warehouse of Russian e-commerce ⁠company Wildberries ‌and other facilities near Moscow, regional governor Andrei Vorobyov ⁠said separately, adding that at least ​three ‌people, including a 10-year-old girl, were ⁠injured in ​the region.

Wildberries, a frequent target of Kyiv's attacks following Russia's full-scale invasion ⁠of Ukraine in 2022, said ​in a statement that the warehouse experienced minor damage after drone debris hit ⁠one of its walls.

Overall, 620 drones were heading for the region surrounding the Russian capital between Monday evening ​and 5 a.m. (0200 ⁠GMT), according to Sobyanin, and Moscow was ​temporarily restricting flights ‌at its airports.

(Reporting by ​Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Stephen Coates)

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