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Event title
Ukraine - Apartment building in Chekhov near Moscow damaged in drone attack, regional governor says
Source
Main event
Event date (UTC)
2026-07-28 18:09:09
Last update (UTC)
2026-08-17 21:13:41
Severity
High
Area range
Multiple countries wide event
Address/Affected area(s)
Ukraine and Russia
An apartment building in Chekhov near Russian capital Moscow has been hit in a drone attack, regional governor Andrei Vorobyov said in a Telegram post on Tuesday.Vorobyov accompanied his post with a photograph of a tall building with blown-out windows and black smoke rising from its top floors. There were no casualties, Mikhail Sobakin, Chekhov's mayor, said separately on Telegram later.Defences downed a few dozen drones elsewhere in the region, including in Podolsk, Domodedovo and Kolomna, Vorobyov said.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that over 390 drones were heading towards the region between late Monday and early Tuesday, of which 81 were downed close to the Russian capital city.