Russian air defense systems destroyed at least 32 drones that flew towards Moscow early Sunday morning, Mayor Sergej Sobyanin said. The Russian Aviation Authority announced that Moscow’s Domodevovo, Zhukovo and Sheremetyevo airports temporarily stopped operations. It was reported by the Reuters agency, writes TASR.
Sobianin wrote on the social network about two downed drones with that preliminary information they do not show damage or casualties at the point of debris impact. He later added that others were shot down eight drones.
Moscow mayor consequently continuously reported on other intercepted drones. He specified that the drones were shot down south and southeast of the Russian capital. She suffered during the attack at least one person injured, said the governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobiov. According to the Reuters agency, it was about so far since the beginning of the war in Ukraine the largest drone attack by the Ukrainian army on Moscow.
Officials of Russia’s Bryansk and Kaluga regions previously announced that Ukrainian night drone attacks led to the fire of several non-residential buildings. According to them, emergency services and firefighters are on the scene. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported 23 drones shot down during the night, 17 of them over Briansk region bordering Ukraine.
In the meantime, the Ukrainian authorities informed about at least two people injured and buildings destroyed in a night attack by a Russian drone in South Ukraine Odesa region. According to the State Emergency Service, they found themselves on fire garages with cars and residential buildings and shops were damaged. Data of both parties could not be independently verified.
