Russia reports large-scale Ukrainian drone attack, including on Moscow

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - 15 February, 16:31

The Kremlin. Stock photo: Anadolu via Getty Images

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed on the afternoon of Sunday 15 February that 13 drones heading towards Moscow had been shot down by Russian air defences. Bryansk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz has asserted that 120 UAVs attacked the oblast.

Source: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; Bryansk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz; Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti

Details: Sobyanin reported around 15:00 Kyiv time that a drone flying towards Moscow had been shot down. He later said Russian air defences had destroyed 13 UAVs by 16:25. Emergency services are working at the locations where debris from the drones fell, the mayor added.

RIA Novosti says Domodedovo airport temporarily restricted aircraft arrivals and departures, but the measures were later lifted.

Bogomaz claimed that Bryansk Oblast has been under large-scale UAV attack since early morning and that 120 drones have been destroyed so far.

The Russian Defence Ministry claimed earlier that between 09:00 and 13:00 Moscow time (08:00-12:00 Kyiv time), Russian air defence had destroyed 102 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the territories of Bryansk, Kaluga and Tula oblasts as well as over the Moscow area, including three flying towards the Russian capital.

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