Russian air defence units downed six
Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow on Sunday, mayor Sergei
Sobyanin said.
Sobyanin, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said
specialists were examining fragments of the drones near the
Russian capital. He made no mention of damage or casualties.
The governor of Leningrad region outside Russia’s second
largest city, St Petersburg, said two drones had been downed,
with no damage or casualties noted.
Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s civil aviation authority, reported
temporary airport closures in the two cities and other regional
centres and said dozens of flights had been delayed.
Officials in Russian regions reported later in the evening
that seven drones had been destroyed over central Oryol, three
over Smolensk in the west and four over Tver region, northwest
of Moscow.
Russia’s Defence Ministry had earlier reported that 39
Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed over a 5-1\/2
hour period into the afternoon, mostly in central Russia or near
the Ukrainian border.
The ministry said its air defence units had downed 120<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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