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Mass drone attack on Moscow repelled – mayor

Ukrainian UAVs have been shot down outside the Russian capital, according to Sergey Sobyanin

Ukrainian forces have targeted the Russian capital in an attempted coordinated drone attack, with almost a dozen of UAVs intercepted over Moscow, Bryansk, Kaluga and Tula regions early Sunday morning, according to the mayor and the Defense Ministry.

“A massive drone attack was attempted tonight… The air defense forces shot down UAVs in the area of Naro-Fominsk and Odintsovo city district, en route to Moscow,” mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Telegram on Sunday morning. 

Sobyanin said the drones caused no casualties or significant damage on the ground, adding that the emergency services were responding to the incident and locating the debris.

The military said that yet another “attempted Ukrainian terrorist attack was thwarted” overnight, confirming that 11 drones were intercepted over four regions southwest of the Russian capital.

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November 26, 2023 at 07:28AM
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