- Russian airspace witnessed the interception of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles approaching Moscow's vicinity.
In Russia, numerous Ukrainian drones were allegedly taken down during the night on Tuesday, seemingly bound for Moscow. A couple of them allegedly crashed in the Podolsk district, located roughly 30 kilometers south of Moscow's urban border, as per Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin. Initially, eight drones were believed to have been intercepted en route to Moscow. No prompt details or statements from Ukrainian forces were accessible.
More drones were said to have been knocked down in the Tula and Bryansk regions, as per TASS, Russia's state-run news agency. No specifics regarding the type of aircraft were disclosed. Concurrently, a missile was reportedly downed in the Rostov region, in southern Russia. In each of these instances, there were no reported injuries or damage, according to initial reports.
Ukraine has faced nightly aerial attacks since Russia's invasion in February 2022, frequently hitting crucial energy infrastructure among other targets. Overnight explosions were also reported in the western Ukrainian region of Khmelnytskyi on Tuesday.
The reason for the downed drones in the given regions remains unclear, potentially linked to the ongoing The conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Despite multiple drone intrusions, there have been no reported casualties or significant damage.
