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A Ukrainian drone onslaught targeting Moscow forced the closure of 2 of the cardinal airports serving the capital, Russian authorities said aboriginal connected Sunday (June 8, 2025).
Russia aerial defence units destroyed 9 Ukrainian drones heading towards Moscow by 0400 GMT, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said connected the Telegram messaging app.
Emergency services were dispatched to the sites wherever drone debris fell successful the overnight attack, Sobyanin said. He did not study immoderate contiguous damage.
A Ukrainian drone onslaught besides sparked a short-lived occurrence astatine the Azot chemic works successful the Tula region, injuring 2 people, and 7 drones were destroyed implicit the Kaluga region, determination governors said. Both regions borderline the Moscow portion to the southbound of the capital.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was nary contiguous remark from Ukraine.
Russia's civilian aviation authorization Rosaviatsia said connected Telegram that to guarantee aerial information it was halting flights astatine the Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports.
Russia and Ukraine person accrued their attacks successful caller weeks portion besides returning to bid talks for the archetypal clip since the aboriginal days of the warfare that Russia launched against Ukraine successful February 2022.
Published - June 08, 2025 10:38 americium IST
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