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Russia shoots down six drones bound for Moscow

23 May 2026 08:53

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that six drones heading toward the Russian capital had been intercepted and shot down by air defence systems.

Sobyanin announced the development in a post on his Telegram channel, adding that emergency services were working at the sites where debris from the destroyed drones had fallen.

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