Ukraine targets Moscow with drones for third straight night, Russia says
Russia’s defense ministry said in a statement that its air defense units destroyed 57 Ukrainian drones, four in the Moscow region and eight in neighboring regions, within three hours starting at 17:00 GMT on Monday.
Kiev has continued long-range drone strikes on Moscow and other parts of Russia in recent months, saying the aim is to hit military and industrial assets, undermine Russia’s war economy and show Russians that conflict is no longer distant.
Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsiya said Domodedovo airport and the smaller Zhukovsky airport, two of Moscow’s four airports, were briefly closed for security reasons.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging application that emergency teams were sent to the scene where a drone heading for Moscow crashed.
No damage was immediately reported. Russia generally provides limited details about the effects of Ukrainian attacks on its territory as long as civilians or civilian infrastructure are not harmed. The Russian defense ministry said that over the previous two nights, Russian units destroyed 35 Ukrainian drones in the Moscow region. No damage was reported.
