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KYIV, Ukraine: Six hundred drones targeted the Moscow region in a sustained overnight assault that wounded three people, the Russian capital\u2019s mayor said on Sunday, as Ukraine steps up long-range attacks into Russian territory.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ukraine has been carrying out strikes deep inside Russia in recent weeks, with drone barrages targeting military, industrial and more recently e-commerce warehouses far from the front line in the war that is in its fifth year.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom yesterday evening until 6:30 am (0330 GMT) today, 600 drones were flying towards Moscow region, of which 201 were destroyed in Moscow region,\u201d Mayor Sergei Sobyanin posted on the state-backed MAX platform.<\/p>\n Sobyanin said in an earlier post that \u201cthree people were wounded in the MKAD area and are receiving all necessary assistance\u201d, referring to the area within the city\u2019s ring road.<\/p>\n Three people were killed and another wounded in Russia\u2019s southern Rostov region, which shares a border with Ukraine, regional authorities said.<\/p>\n Rostov region governor Yuri Sliusar said three people were killed and one was hospitalised during the overnight assault.<\/p>\n \u201cDoctors are providing all necessary assistance,\u201d Sliusar said.<\/p>\n He said Russian forces destroyed more than 150 drones and missiles over three cities and nine districts across the southern region.<\/p>\n According to Sliusar, the attacks damaged residential and industrial buildings in the Kamensky district.<\/p>\n Several buildings in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky city suffered roof damage, while windows were blown out in an apartment block and at the city\u2019s railway station, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n