MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine assaulted Moscow on Sunday with at the very least 25 drones, compeling the momentary closure of 2 of the city’s significant airport terminals, Russian authorities stated, in what was the largest Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian resources to day.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated the drones were damaged in the Ramenskoye and Kolomensky areas of the Moscow area, in addition to in Domodedovo city, southwest ofMoscow The Moscow area has a populace of greater than 21 million.
“According to preliminary information, there is no damage or casualties at the site of the fall of the debris,” Sobyanin stated on the Telegram messaging application. “Emergency services are on the sites.”
The Ramenskoye area, some 45 kilometres (30 miles) southeast of the Kremlin, was last targeted in September in what was after that Ukraine’s largest strike on the Russian resources, when Russian air protection devices damaged 20 drones.
Rosaviatsia, Russia’s government air transportation company, stated on Telegram that “to ensure the safety of civil aircraft flights, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the operation of the Domodedovo and Zhukovo airports,” beginning at 0530 GMT.
It did not state how much time the limitations would certainly be in pressure.
Separately, Ukrainian drone assaults have actually established a number of non-residential structures ablaze in Russia’s Kaluga and Bryansk areas overnight, local guvs stated onSunday The Russian ministry stated it had actually damaged 17 drones over the Bryansk area.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by William Mallard/Guy Faulconbridge)
