TASS5/17/2026World1 min readRussia
Moscow Mayor: Air Defenses Down Nine Drones Heading for Capital
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- Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced that air defenses intercepted nine drones targeting the capital.
- Debris cleanup is underway.
- Since midnight Sunday, a total of 14 drones have been downed.
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Nine drones flying towards Moscow have been downed by the Defense Ministry’s air defense, the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said
MOSCOW, May 17. /TASS/. Air defenses have shot down nine more drones heading for Moscow, the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.
"Nine drones flying towards Moscow have been downed by the Defense Ministry’s air defenses. Response teams are working at the site where debris fell," he wrote on Russia’s national messenger Max.
According to Sobyanin, 14 drones have been shot down since midnight on Sunday.
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