More Ukrainian drones destroyed outside Moscow – mayor
Ten Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow were shot down by air defenses overnight, according to the Russian capital’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin.
The mayor’s Telegram channel reported incursions by one or several UAVs almost every hour early on Sunday. Emergency workers have been deployed to the areas where the debris of the destroyed drones fell, according to Sobyanin.
Moscow’s Domodedovo and Zhukovsky international airports had temporarily halted flights amid the drone raids, according to Russia’s federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsia.
The Russian Defense Ministry said later in the day that a total of 67 Ukrainian UAVs have been shot down inside Russia since Saturday evening. Besides Moscow Region, the interceptions took place in Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Tula, Orel, and Kursk regions as well as in Crimea.
Ukraine has significantly intensified its drone raids on civilian infrastructure in Moscow and other Russian regions since mid-May, when the first meeting between negotiators from the two countries took place in Istanbul. The attacks peaked during the final week of the previous month, when 2,300 UAVs were shot down, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Russia has responded to the incursions with precision strikes targeting Ukrainian military facilities, including drone production sites, warehouses, airfields, radar stations, and ammunition depots.
