The assault, which the mayor called the largest on Russia’s capital since the war began, was a reminder of Ukraine’s power to strike as its president proposes an air truce.

Russia said it had downed more than 300 Ukrainian drones just hours before the first high-level talks between Washington and Kyiv since a tense Oval Office meeting.

Officials said all three men who died had been working at a distribution centre when it was hit by drone debris in the village of Yam near Domodedovo airport. Dozens of vehicles were destroyed when the drone hit a car park,

Ukraine launched its biggest drone attack on the Russian capital on Tuesday with at least 91 drones targeting Moscow, killing at least one person, sparking fires, closing airports and forcing dozens of flights to be diverted,