Russian authorities reported that at least two drones bound for New Moscow, a major administrative district of the capital and parts of the Moscow region, were shot down today. A third drone was intercepted as it approached the Kaluga region to the southwest of Moscow, according to emergency services and local officials. The incidents mark another round of aerial attempts tied to a broader regional security situation involving unmanned aerial vehicles and air defense responses.
City mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced via his official Telegram channel that Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles carried out another attack on Moscow’s outskirts. He stated that air defense units neutralized the drones and that no further danger remained at the present moment. The message was transmitted through official city channels and corroborated by local authorities, emphasizing that defenses acted promptly to prevent any damage.
Russian emergency services, as cited by the state news agency TASS, indicated that three drones were directed toward Moscow at different times. Officials reported that one drone was downed by electronic warfare measures and landed near a territorial facility in Kubinka within the Moscow region, while a separate drone was intercepted above the town of Valuevo in New Moscow. The precise trajectories and timing of these interceptions were outlined by authorities in updates provided to the public through official channels.
Sobyanin noted that there were no casualties or injuries in connection with these attacks. He also mentioned that for security reasons some flights were briefly diverted from Vnukovo International Airport, although the airport’s operations later returned to normal. The aviation adjustments affected a total of 14 flights, with authorities coordinating to restore standard schedules as quickly as possible. These developments come amid ongoing concerns about the safety of airspace in the region and the readiness of defense systems to respond to similar threats in the future.