MOSCOW: More than 400 drones targeted the Moscow region overnight, the Russian capital’s mayor said on Monday, adding that most of them had been intercepted. “From 8:30 p.m. (1730 GMT) until 5:00 am, more than 400 enemy drones were flying in the direction of Moscow region. Most were neutralized by air defense forces at distant approaches. 85 UAVs were destroyed on approach to Moscow,” Sergei Sobyanin wrote on the state-backed MAX platform.

Air defenses shot down most of them at distant approaches, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said

Russian authorities say more than 400 drones targeted Moscow Oblast overnight, while reports in social media and OSINT analysts pointed to fires at logistics and fuel facilities.