Ukraine launched a flurry of drone attacks around Russia, according to Russian authorities, including a drone barrage near Moscow that disrupted flights at some airports near the capital.
“This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow using drones ever,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote Wednesday on social media. “The layered defense of Moscow that was created made it possible to successfully repel all the attacks.”
Russian aviation authorities also “halted receipt and departures of aircraft” temporarily in Murmansk, a northern Russian region almost 1,100 miles from the Ukrainian border, in response to another drone attack alert. As Russian authorities claimed to be intercepting dozens of drones around the country, the Ukrainian forces seizing Russian territory in Kursk oblast crowed about their continued success in targeting Russian logistical links.
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