Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed on the afternoon of Sunday 15 February that 13 drones heading in direction of Moscow had been shot down by Russian air defences. Bryansk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz has asserted that 120 UAVs attacked the oblast.

Supply: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; Bryansk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz; Kremlin-aligned Russian information company RIA Novosti

Particulars: Sobyanin reported round 15:00 Kyiv time {that a} drone flying in direction of Moscow had been shot down. He later mentioned Russian air defences had destroyed 13 UAVs by 16:25. Emergency providers are working on the areas the place particles from the drones fell, the mayor added.

RIA Novosti says Domodedovo airport briefly restricted plane arrivals and departures, however the measures had been later lifted.

Bogomaz claimed that Bryansk Oblast has been beneath large-scale UAV assault since early morning and that 120 drones have been destroyed to this point.

The Russian Defence Ministry claimed earlier that between 09:00 and 13:00 Moscow time (08:00-12:00 Kyiv time), Russian air defence had destroyed 102 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the territories of Bryansk, Kaluga and Tula oblasts in addition to over the Moscow space, together with three flying in direction of the Russian capital.

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