Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow hit by drone swarm for third night after Russian attack starts fires in Kyiv

Russia destroys seven Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow

Russia's air defence units destroyed at least seven Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow early this morning, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

This is the third consecutive night Russia has said it has been attacked by Ukrainian drones. On Monday, at least four drones headed for Moscow were downed, and yesterday, in a dramatic escalation, dozens of drones headed for Moscow were intercepted while at least 105 drones in total attacked Russia.

"Today, throughout the day, defence ministry air defence units have been repelling enemy drones," the Moscow mayor said yesterday.

Russia only reports the drones that it destroys and does not disclose the total number of drones that target the country, or how many hit their targets.

Arpan Rai7 May 2025 04:04