Moscow Repels Massive Overnight Drone Attack, 231 Downed Near City

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported a massive drone attack on the Moscow region overnight, with 613 enemy drones launched. Air defense forces neutralized most of them, destroying 231 drones on approach to the city, with no casualties or damage reported. The attack began at 22:41 Moscow time when Sobyanin reported eight drones shot down. Rosaviatsia imposed temporary restrictions at Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports, which resumed normal operations by 6:45 a.m. Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg operated without restrictions, though several overnight flights to Moscow were cancelled. This attack follows a similar incident on October 22, when 630 drones were recorded over the Moscow region, with 163 shot down near the capital and two people injured. Earlier, drone debris damaged infrastructure and residential buildings in Novomoskovsk, Tula region.