MOSCOW: Russian authorities said they had battled a major Ukrainian drone attack late Tuesday and early Wednesday, with at least two Moscow airports forced to suspend flights.
\nThe defense ministry said in a Telegram post that 112 Ukrainian drones had been \u201cdestroyed and intercepted\u201d in six different regions in the three hours up to midnight.
\nMoscow\u2019s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Telegram that 12 drones heading for the Russian capital had been shot down.
\nSome 59 had targeted the southwestern region of Bryansk, the defense ministry said. Others were fired at the Kursk, Belgorod, Tula, Oryol and Kaluga regions.
\nThe attack comes after Ukraine said it had faced the most intense three days of Russian drone attacks since Moscow launched its military offensive in 2022.
\nThe Russian military announces Ukrainian drone attacks most days but rarely of this intensity over such a short period of time.
\nMoscow, several hundred kilometers from the frontier, is not often the target of such a big attack.
\nBut authorities have been increasingly forced to divert flights from Moscow airports in recent weeks.
\nThis time, the Federal Aviation Transport Agency said restrictions had been introduced at Moscow\u2019s Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports.
\nUkraine said that Russia launched more than 900 drones over three days up to Monday. Thirteen civilians were killed in attacks on Sunday, including three children.
\nRussia\u2019s defense ministry said Tuesday that it had responded to Ukraine\u2019s \u201cprovocation\u201d by launching drone and missile attacks on Russian civilian installations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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