Milan, Oct. 29 (LaPresse) – Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight. According to the ministry, the drones were neutralized over the regions of Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Smolensk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Tver, Oryol, Ryazan, Vladimir, Samara, Saratov, Penza and Rostov, as well as the Moscow region, Bashkortostan and Udmurtia. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that more than 600 of the drones had been launched toward the Moscow region and that 231 were shot down as they approached the capital. “Between 8:30 p.m. on October 28 and 7 a.m. on October 29, 613 UAVs were flying toward the Moscow region,” Sobyanin wrote on his Max messaging channel, as cited by Interfax. Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports suspended operations on Thursday evening, with restrictions lifted at 6:45 a.m. Moscow time, Interfax added.
Ukraine: over 1,200 drones launched at Russia overnight, 600 targeting Moscow region
Milan, Oct. 29 (LaPresse) – Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight. According to the ministry, the drones were neutralized over the regions of Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Smolensk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Tver, Oryol, Ryazan, Vladimir, Samara, Saratov, Penza and Rostov, as well as the Moscow region, Bashkortostan and Udmurtia. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that more than 600 of the drones had been launched toward the Moscow region and that 231 were shot down as they approached the capital. “Between 8:30 p.m. on October 28 and 7 a.m. on October 29, 613 UAVs were flying toward the Moscow region,” Sobyanin wrote on his Max messaging channel, as cited by Interfax. Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports suspended operations on Thursday evening, with restrictions lifted at 6:45 a.m. Moscow time, Interfax added.