
Russian air defense systems shot down 16 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) traveling toward Moscow.
Where information was provided by the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin.
In a series of posts on the Telegram platform, the mayor said the Ukrainian UAV attacks took place over a 17-hour period. No casualties or significant material damage have been reported so far.
According to the Russian Civil Aviation Administration, there were temporary problems with the operation of two of the four airports serving the capital region.
In the Tula region, authorities reported 12 downed drones. Debris from one downed drone caused a fire at an industrial facility, regional governor Dmitry Milyaev said via Telegram, without giving further details.
The Ukrainian armed forces announced that they had struck a synthetic rubber factory in the Tula region, south of Moscow, with drones, as well as a storage site for naval drones in the occupied Crimean peninsula.
The Russian Defense Ministry said 172 drones were shot down overnight, half of them near the Ukrainian border.
Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks against Russia in recent months, targeting military and energy infrastructure in retaliation for a spate of Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory.