Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Explosions were reported in Moscow overnight on June 26, with Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claiming two drones were shot down by air defenses.
Two drones were shot down, Sobyanin said, adding that emergency services are responding at the wreckage sites.
Ukraine’s military regularly strikes military targets deep within
Russia
in an attempt to diminish Moscow’s fighting power as it continues its
war
against Ukraine.
Explosions were reportedly heard in the city, independent media reported, citing Moscow’s residents.
The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify these claims.
Kaluga airport and
Moscow’s
Vnukovo airport had flight restrictions imposed amid the drone attack, Artyom Korenyako, a spokesperson for Russia’s state aviation agency Rosaviatsia, said early on June 26.
“The airport is temporarily not accepting or sending flights. Aircraft crews, air traffic controllers, and airport services must take all necessary measures to ensure flight safety,” he said.
The restrictions were later lifted.
On June 1, Ukraine launched a
game-changing drone attack
on four key Russian military airfields, damaging 41 planes, including
heavy bombers
and rare
A-50 spy planes.
Kyiv claimed it
disabled
34% of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet in what is seen as one of the most daring operations during Russia’s full-scale war.
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency was behind
explosions
near Desantnaya Bay in Russia’s far eastern Vladivostok on May 30, which reportedly damaged military personnel and equipment, a source in HUR told the Kyiv Independent.
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