MOSCOW, May 17, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Drone strikes killed three people in the Moscow region, its governor said on Sunday, in a "large-scale" attack on the area around Russia's capital.

"A woman was killed as a result of a UAV hitting a private house. One more person is trapped under rubble," Governor Andrey Vorobyov posted on Telegram, adding the early morning attack also claimed the lives of two men.

"Since 3 o'clock in the morning, air defence forces have been repelling a large-scale UAV attack on the capital region," he said, adding four people were wounded and infrastructure facilities had been targeted.

In the capital city itself, authorities reported air defence systems had intercepted at least 74 drones overnight, wounding 12 people.

"Minor damage has been recorded at the sites where debris fell," Mayor Sergei Sobyanin posted on Telegram.

A total of 120 drones were intercepted in the past 24 hours, he said.

Moscow and Kyiv have resumed attacks following a prisoner swap and the expiration of a three-day truce on Tuesday.

Authorities did not specify the origin of the drones, but Ukraine - in response to daily bombardments by the Russian military for more than four years - regularly strikes within Russia, saying it targets both military and energy sites.

While the capital region is often subjected to drone attacks, the city of Moscow is less frequently targeted.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Friday to launch more retaliatory strikes a day after a Russian attack on Kyiv killed 24 people.