Thwarted another attempt to fly drone to Moscow: Mayor
The Hindu
Moscow air defences destroyed a drone near Lyubertsy district, no casualties/damage. Vnukovo/Domodedovo airports suspended. Thurs: drone destroyed in Voskresensky district. Drones destroyed over Bryansk region on September 1, 2023. Kurchatov town attacked by two Ukrainian drones, admin/residential buildings damaged.
Russian air defences destroyed a drone approaching Moscow, the city's Mayor said on Friday, September 1, 2023, a day after a similar attack on the capital.
Moscow has been targeted by a barrage of Ukrainian drone attacks in recent weeks after Kyiv vowed in July to "return" the conflict to Russia.
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Air defences near the Lyubertsy district on the southeast outskirts of the capital "thwarted another attempt to fly a drone to Moscow," Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram, without naming an attacker.
"There were no casualties or damage, according to initial reports. Emergency services are on the scene," he added.
Air traffic at Moscow's Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports was suspended, according to a Telegram post by the Russian daily newspaper Izvestia.
On Thursday air defences in the Voskresensky district, about 60 km from Moscow, destroyed a Ukrainian drone approaching the capital.
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