Russian air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 regions, Russia’s Defence Ministry says

Explosions are seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 10, 2025.
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The Russian military said Tuesday (March 11, 2025) air defences overnight shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions in what appears to be the biggest Ukrainian drone attack on Russia in three years.

The attack, which killed one and wounded multiple others, came as a Ukrainian delegation was set to meet with America’s top diplomat in Saudi Arabia about ending the three-year war with Russia. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian officials on the attack.

The most drones — 126 — were shot down over the Kursk region across the border from Ukraine, parts of which Kyiv’s forces control, and 91 were shot down over the Moscow region, according to a statement by Russia’s Defence Ministry. Other regions listed in the statement included Belgorod, Bryansk and Voronezh on the border with Ukraine and those deeper inside Russia, such as Kaluga, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol and Ryazan.

This photo released by Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev official telegram channel shows a damaged apartment following a Ukrainian drone attack in Domodedovo, outside Moscow, Russia on March 11, 2025. Photo: Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev official telegram channel via AP

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said over 70 drones targeted the Russian capital and were shot down as they were flying toward it.

The Governor of the Moscow region surrounding the capital, Andrei Vorobyov, said that one person was killed and nine more wounded as a result of the attack, which also damaged seven apartments in a residential building in the region. The attack also set a number of cars on fire in a parking lot at a different location and damaged two other residential buildings in the region, Russian state news agencies RIA Novosti and Tass reported.

This photo released by Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev official telegram channel shows a damaged part of an apartment following a Ukrainian drone attack in Domodedovo, outside Moscow, Russia on March 11, 2025. Photo: Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev official telegram channel via AP

One more person was wounded on a highway in the Lipetsk region, Gov. Igor Artamonov said.

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Mr. Sobyanin said the roof of a building in Moscow also sustained damage, which he described as “insignificant.” Footage of the building, published by RIA Novosti, showed a charred spot on the facade of a multi-storey residential building near the roof, with bits of the building’s lining stripped off.

Flights have been temporarily restricted in and out of six airports, including Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky just outside Moscow and airports in the Yaroslavl and Nizhny Novgorod regions.

This photo shows an apartment building where the downed Ukrainian drone fell at an area in Sapronovo village outside Moscow, Russia on March 11, 2025.
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Train traffic through the Domodedovo railway station in the Moscow region has also been briefly halted, local officials reported.

Local authorities also reported downing drones in the Tula and Vladimir regions adjacent to the Moscow region. It wasn’t immediately clear why those regions weren’t mentioned in the Defence Ministry’s statement.