Russian air defences down three Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, mayor says

Representational photo: A view shows an interceptor FPV-drone of the 1129th Bilotserkivskyi Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment during its flight amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine July 8, 2025. REUTERS

Russian air defences downed three Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, the city's mayor said early on Saturday.

Sergei Sobyanin, writing on Telegram, said specialists were examining fragments of the drones where they had fallen.

Russia's defence ministry had earlier reported that 38 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted and destroyed in a three-hour period over two regions in southern Russia and over Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in 2014.