Moscow comes under large-scale drone attack – videos
The city of Moscow came under attack by around 60 drones on the night of 21-22 June, prompting temporary operating restrictions at the city's airports.
Source: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; Russian media outlets; Telegram channels
Details: Starting at 03:02 (Kyiv time), Sobyanin posted a series of updates claiming that drones had been intercepted. He said within an hour that 27 drones had been downed.
Meanwhile, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) announced the temporary suspension of operations at Moscow's Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports. Restrictions had been introduced at Sheremetyevo Airport shortly after 02:30.
Sobyanin later said a further 32 drones had targeted the city.
Videos circulating on social media and Telegram channels showed drones flying overhead and the sound of explosions.
As always, Sobyanin did not report any damage but wrote in each update: "Emergency services are working at the sites where debris has fallen."
Background:
- On the night of 17-18 June, Ukrainian drones struck the Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya, causing a major fire. Russian media outlets said the attack was the largest in the past two years, while residents in some parts of the city complained of an "oil rain".
- Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda described the Ukrainian strike as a development that fundamentally shifts the course of the war in Ukraine's favour.
- Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna shared a photo that went viral online following Ukrainian strikes on the Moscow oil refinery on 18 June.
- Commenting on the latest Ukrainian strikes on Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that pressure on Russia to end the war must come not only from Ukrainians but also from Americans, Europeans and Russians themselves.
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