Russian Air Defenses Intercept Dozens of Drones Headed for Moscow, Mayor Says
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that emergency crews were responding to sites where drone debris fell after air defense units downed multiple unmanned aerial vehicles approaching the capital.
Russian air defense systems shot down dozens of drones bound for Moscow, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, as cited by the Russian state news agency TASS.
Sobyanin said first responders were working in areas where fragments of the intercepted drones had fallen, though he did not provide additional details on the scale of damage or casualties in his initial statement, TASS reported.
The report did not specify the origin of the drones or provide a precise number of unmanned aerial vehicles intercepted, describing the total only as "dozens."
TASS did not immediately provide further details on the timing of the incident or any official response from Russian defense authorities beyond Sobyanin's statement.
This report is based solely on the initial TASS dispatch, and further details may emerge as officials continue to assess the situation.
Sources
- Russian air defenses take down dozens of Moscow-bound drones — TASS (Russia)
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