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Russia Says Air Defenses Downed 287 Drones Overnight, Dozens Near Moscow

Flight operations at Moscow’s airports were limited overnight.

Overview

  • Russia’s defense ministry reported intercepting and destroying 287 fixed‑wing drones over 12 regions between late Dec. 10 and early Dec. 11, including 118 over Bryansk and 40 each over Kaluga and Moscow regions.
  • Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said 32 drones targeting the capital were shot down near Moscow, and emergency services were sent to debris sites; officials attributed the attacks to Ukrainian forces.
  • All four Moscow‑area airports restricted arrivals and departures, with dozens of flights delayed, diversions to St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo, and cancellations reported by Aeroflot, Pobeda, and Rossiya.
  • Voronezh authorities reported building damage and multiple small fires at an industrial site from falling wreckage, with no confirmed casualties and one person treated on site for stress‑related symptoms.
  • Russia reported follow‑on strikes against Ukrainian targets in the Donetsk area as Ukraine’s online alerts signaled an air‑raid warning in Kyiv and local media reported an explosion in Sumy.