Air traffic was suspended around Moscow yesterday due to attacks by Ukrainian drones, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that, out of a total of about 100 drones intercepted, 35 were intercepted as they approached the capital.
"The air defense system intercepted and destroyed a total of 105 Ukrainian drones," the ministry said in a statement.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram that rescue services have been dispatched to the sites of the drone crashes.
The Ukrainian Air Force, for its part, stated that Russia sent 128 drones over Ukraine overnight, of which 112 were shot down and intercepted by electronic means.
The two countries carry out drone attacks on each other almost daily, but Moscow has rarely been hit.
Flights were suspended at several airports in the capital yesterday, the civil aviation agency Rosaviatsia announced, including the main Sheremetyevo international airport, as well as Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected calls from Kiev, Washington and the Europeans for a permanent ceasefire.
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