MOSCOW, Russia: Russian air defences intercepted 11 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow in what officials described as one of the largest such attacks on the capital to date.
The drones were destroyed over Moscow and its surrounding areas, with no reported casualties or damage, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Drone strikes on Moscow are rare, but Kyiv has increasingly targeted Russian infrastructure in retaliation for attacks on its own energy facilities. Recently, a Ukrainian drone strike ignited a massive fire at an oil storage facility in Russia’s Rostov region. These drone attacks coincide with Ukraine’s ongoing cross-border assault in Russia’s Kursk region, where it claims to control over 80 settlements.
