Explosions in Moscow and regions: Over 100 drones strike Russia (video)
Illustrative photo: Ukrainian soldier (Russian media)
On the night of Tuesday, May 6, a hundred unidentified drones attacked the territory of the Russian Federation. Explosions rang out in Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as in four regions of the Russian Federation, according to Russian Telegram channels and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The mayor of the Russian capital, Sergey Sobyanin, stated that in Moscow and the Moscow region, air defense systems were operating due to the drone attack.
According to him, fragments of one of the UAVs hit a residential building on Kashirskoye Highway in Moscow.
Also, the Carpet plan was announced in the region, and Russians implemented it for airports during air threats. This plan involves a ban on receiving and dispatching flights at the airport.
At least 10 planes flying to Moscow from other cities were redirected to land at the airports of Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has already stated about the successful work of air defense – 32 drones were destroyed over the territory of the Bryansk region, 22 – over Voronezh, and 19 – over the capital region. Also, 10 UAVs were shot down over the Penza region, nine over Kaluga, six over Belgorod. Two more were destroyed over the Lipetsk and Samara regions. And one drone each over the Vladimir, Kursk, and Rostov regions.
Drone attacks on Russia
Earlier, we wrote that in mid-April, Russia claimed that drones massively attacked Kursk, where dozens of explosions were heard and fires broke out.
Last weekend, the defense plant "Strela" in the Bryansk region allegedly stopped operation due to an air attack. This enterprise worked for the Russian military-industrial complex.
Previously, on the night of May 5, explosions were heard in the Moscow region. In the Podolsk urban district, air defense systems were operating due to the detection of drones that were allegedly heading toward the capital of the aggressor country.
