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STORY: Ukraine on Tuesday (September 10) launched its biggest drone attack to date on Moscow.

The 144-drone bombardment killed at least one woman near the capital, Russian authorities said, and wrecked dozens of homes.

Russia said it downed at least 20 of Ukraine’s drones as they swarmed over the Moscow region - which has a population of over 21 million.

Footage from the city’s Ramenskoye district showed fires breaking out in homes after drones damaged high-rise apartment buildings.

And according to Moscow’s regional governor, it was in this district that a woman was killed and three people were injured.

Yulia Rodionova is a resident in the area - her windows were shattered and a fragment of a drone was left on her balcony.

"A man was taken out from the house number 21 - he had his side burnt and a fragment wound. They also carried out another man, a very elderly one, and quickly got out a woman. That's all I saw, I don't know any more." 

Russia’s defense ministry said over 70 drones were also downed over the Bryansk region and tens more over other regions.

Three of Moscow's four airports were closed for more than six hours and almost 50 flights were diverted.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the strike on Moscow shows the "Kyiv regime" is Russia's enemy - and Russia needs to keep fighting.

Kyiv said Russia, which sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, had attacked it overnight with 46 drones - 38 of which were destroyed.

As Russia advances in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv has taken the war to Russia.

It has executed a cross-border attack in Russia's western Kursk region - which began early last month.

And it has been carrying out increasingly large drone attacks deep into Russian territory.