Scores of drones target Moscow as Russian strikes on Ukraine kill six

Dozens of drones were shot down as they headed for Moscow overnight, while six people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that 84 drones had been intercepted in the past 24 hours.

Emergency services were sent to debris fallout areas but the mayor offered no word on casualties or damage.

In total, some 301 drones were downed overnight, according to Russian news agencies, though the figure includes Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.

Flights were also stopped at Moscow's four main airports but have since resumed, an aviation watchdog said.

Ukraine's military general staff said it had also attacked the Dubna satellite communications centre in the Moscow region.

On Telegram, it shared a picture of thick black smoke and said it was assessing the damage.

The post detailed other strikes; including on a drone operator "training ground" in the Debaltseve area of Luhansk, and on "command and observation points" in the Russian border region of Belgorod and the Pokrovsk area of ​​Donetsk.

Another post claimed a factory producing electronics for Russian missiles had been struck in Voronezh, more than 100 miles from Ukraine.

The attacks come after a Ukrainian drone strike damaged an oil refinery in Moscow last week in one of the biggest such attacks on the capital since the war began.

That in turn followed an attack on St Petersburg as a high-profile economic forum got under way at the start of June.

Such attacks - which President Zelenskyy calls "long-range sanctions" - are seen as an attempt to bring the war home to ordinary Russians and pressure President Putin to negotiate.

Russia also continued its own attacks on Ukraine overnight into Monday.

Prosecutors said a 13-year-old boy had been killed alongside his father and grandmother in a drone strike in the Sumy region. His mother and two siblings were injured.

A woman also died in an attack in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, while a missile attack on an agricultural facility killed one person in the Odesa region.

The regions' governors detailed the attacks on Telegram and said six people had also been injured.

Three foreign ships were also hit overnight, according to Ukraine's deputy prime minister Oleksiy Kuleba.

He said on Telegram that a 58-year-old Egyptian cook had been killed when drones badly damaged a Turkish dry cargo vessel. Eight other crew evacuated on a lifeboat.

Ships operating under the flags ​of Palau and Belize were also attacked, Mr Kuleba said, adding that there were no injuries and the vessels had continued their journeys.

Russia has repeatedly targeted ships and ports vital to Ukraine's foreign trade ‌and the wartime economy.

Meanwhile, open-air public events have been cancelled on Monday in Sevastopol, in Russian-annexed Crimea.

Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev urged people to save electricity and said street lights would also stay off.

Ukrainian attacks on energy facilities and supply routes have led to a fuel crisis there, with supplies currently restricted to agencies responsible for essential services and security.

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