Hundreds of drones have targeted the Moscow region in a sustained overnight assault that wounded three people, according to the Russian capital's mayor, as Ukraine steps up long-range attacks deep inside Russia.

Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 600 drones had been flying toward the Moscow region between Saturday evening and 6:30 a.m. local time (0330 UTC) on Sunday, adding that 201 were destroyed over the region.

What happened in the Moscow drone attack?

Sobyanin said three people were wounded in the area inside Moscow's MKAD ring road and were receiving medical treatment.

Ukraine has intensified long-range strikes inside Russia in recent weeks, targeting military and industrial facilities as well as warehouses far from the front line.

Ukraine's Kyiv Independent newspaper reported that Ukrainian forces had targeted a warehouse belonging to Russian online retail giant Wildberries as well as industrial facilities in several cities across the Moscow region.

There was no immediate independent confirmation of the scale of the attack.

Spanish fighter jet shoots down drone over Romania

The attack came as NATO countries on Ukraine's borders faced fresh drone incursions of their own.

Romania's Defense Ministry said a Spanish F-18 fighter jet shot down a drone early Sunday after it entered Romanian airspace from Moldova near the border with Ukraine.

The aircraft was operating on NATO duties and intercepted the drone at 5:01 a.m. local time (0201 UTC).

Debris fell in an unpopulated area of Galati county, close to the Ukrainian border.

Romanian authorities did not immediately identify the drone's origin or say who launched it.

Romania has repeatedly reported drone debris on its territory since 2023 following Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports along the Danube.

On Friday, an Italian Eurofighter operating under NATO command also shot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace.

Edited by: Saim Dušan Inayatullah

Don't let the algorithm hide the news. If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google by clicking here and hitting the "star" or "preferred" button, so you'll always see our verified news first.