Russia thwarted nighttime attacks by Ukrainian drones in the western Moscow and Bryansk regions, Russian authorities said early Monday (August 28th). On Monday, “the air defense forces of the Lioubertsy district (south-east of the capital, editor’s note) destroyed a drone which was flying in the direction of Moscow”, indicated on Telegram the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin.
“There were no casualties or damage, according to initial information,” he added, adding that the competent services were on site. According to the Ministry of Defense, the attack was led by kyiv and was foiled around 4:30 a.m. local time (3:30 a.m. in Paris).
Moscow’s Domodedovo and Vnukovo international airports were briefly closed to departures and arrivals before resuming operations, Russian state news agency TASS reported concurrently, citing the airline service.
During the night from Sunday to Monday, two more aircraft were “destroyed by air defense on duty over the territory of the Bryansk region, bordering Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said. on Telegram. The ministry did not give any information about any injuries or damage.
Drone attacks against Russian territory and the Crimean peninsula annexed in 2014 have increased in recent weeks, targeting the Russian capital in particular, against the backdrop of a counter-offensive by Kiev that began in early June.
On Thursday, Moscow announced that it had shot down three Ukrainian aircraft in the bordering regions of Bryansk and Kaluga. During the summer, devices had been destroyed above the business district of the capital, and in May, two devices had suffered the same fate at the level of the Kremlin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed in late July that “war is coming to Russian territory”.