Air defense intercepted nearly 3,000 Ukrainian drones bound for Moscow during the week - Mayor

Sergei Sobyanin said that most of them were neutralized in the distant vicinity of the Russian capital

Moscow, October 17. /TASS/. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defenses had shot down 2,730 Ukrainian drones bound for Moscow since last Saturday, most of which were neutralized in the far vicinity of the Russian capital.

The Moscow mayor wrote on his channel: "From 8:30 am [Moscow time] on October 10 to 8:30 am [Moscow time] on October 17, 2,730 drones flew into the Moscow agglomeration. The greater part of them were destroyed by air defense forces in the distant vicinity."

During this period, 534 Ukrainian drones were destroyed while approaching Moscow, the mayor said.