Russian air defenses successfully foiled an attack by four drones flying toward Moscow, as stated by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Friday. No injuries were reported in the capital or in an earlier drone attack on an oil complex in one of Russia's southern regions.
Sobyanin conveyed, via his official Telegram channel, that "Emergency services are working at the site where debris came down."
Although Sobyanin did not explicitly reference Ukraine, Kyiv has been launching drone attacks on Russia since President Vladimir Putin deployed thousands of troops into Ukraine over three years ago, focusing on energy and infrastructure targets.
Governor Veniamin Kondratiev of the Krasnodar region in southern Russia reported an incident where a Ukrainian attack caused a gasoline tank to catch fire at the Tuapse oil complex on the Black Sea coast. Fortunately, no one was injured in the attack, and firefighters are currently working to extinguish the flames.
Governor Andrei Vorobyov of the Moscow region confirmed that three of the drones heading towards Moscow were intercepted. Debris fell on a construction site and a residential building under construction in his region.
Emergency services also reported that one of the drones struck a multi-storey residential building in western Moscow, as well as a private house on the outskirts of the city, according to news agencies.