Russian air protection techniques shot down 105 Ukrainian drones in a single day on Might 22, together with 35 intercepted over Moscow Oblast, the Russian Protection Ministry has claimed.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin mentioned that every one the drones had been flying towards the Russian capital.

As a result of drone assault, all 4 Moscow airports — Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky — in addition to airports in Tambov and Vladimir had been briefly closed.

Different Ukrainian drones had been additionally shot down over the Oryol, Kursk, Belgorod, Tula, Kaluga, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Smolensk and Bryansk oblasts, the Russian Protection Ministry mentioned.

Tula Oblast Governor Dmitry Milyaev mentioned one of many drones crashed into the roof of an condo constructing in Tula. The assault additionally broken different residential and non-residential buildings, he mentioned.

Russian authorities haven't reported every other injury or reported any casualties.

Kyiv hasn't commented on the assault. The Kyiv Impartial couldn’t confirm the experiences.

Ukraine usually launches drone assaults towards Russian navy and industrial amenities within the rear to undermine Russia's capability to wage its all-out conflict.

Moscow and surrounding areas have confronted a rising variety of Ukrainian drone incursions in latest weeks.

A day earlier than on Might 21, Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Bolkhov semiconductor plant in Oryol Oblast, which produces elements for Sukhoi warplanes and Iskander and Kinzhal missiles, Ukraine's Basic Workers claimed.

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