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

Russian military shoots down 337 Ukrainian drones in largest attack in three years, causing casualties and damage in multiple regions.

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.

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.

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

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