The capital\u2019s international airports have been forced to temporarily halt flights due to the incursions<\/p>\n
A total of 105 Ukrainian drones heading towards Russia\u2019s capital have been shot down by air defenses this weekend, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has said.
\nReports of the destruction of one or several incoming UAVs have popped up on Sobyanin\u2019s Telegram channel almost every hour throughout the day.
\nEmergency services workers have been deployed in various locations where the debris of the intercepted drones fell, the mayor relayed.
\nThe incursions have forced Moscow\u2019s Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky international airports to temporarily halt flights, according to Russia\u2019s federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsia.
\nThe Defense Ministry said mid-day on Sunday that at least 295 of the hostile UAVs have been destroyed in Russian airspace since 9:00 PM local time (18:00 GMT) on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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Besides Moscow and Moscow Region, the interceptions took place in Bryansk, Kaluga, Belgorod, Tver, Smolensk, Kursk, Tula, Saratov, Volgograd, and Krasnodar regions as well as in Crimea and the Republic of Adygea, it said.
\nThe Ukrainian drone raid started on Friday, with Kiev deploying some 600 fixed-wing UAVs since then, according to figures from the defense ministry.
\nUkraine has routinely launched UAV attacks against Russia in recent months, targeting critical infrastructure and residential areas in what Moscow has described as desperate \u201cterrorist attacks.\u201d
\nRussia has been hitting Ukrainian military-related infrastructure in response.
\nOn Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported another such large-scale strike, saying that Moscow\u2019s aviation, missiles, drones and artillery attacked energy and transport facilities used by Ukrainian troops as well as UAV launch sites and temporary deployment sites of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 148 locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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