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Russian air defenses repel attack by three drones heading towards Moscow — mayor

Emergency services are working at the site where the drone debris fell, Sergey Sobyanin said

© Alexander Polegenko/TASS

MOSCOW, May 21. /TASS/. Russian air defenses repelled an attack by three drones flying towards Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported.

"The Russian Defense Ministry’s air defenses repelled an attack by three drones heading towards Moscow. Emergency services are working at the site where the drone debris fell," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

In turn, Ruslan Zagolovatsky, the head of the Orekhovo-Zuyevo district in the Moscow Region, reported that a drone was downed around 12:30 p.m. local time [9:30 p.m. GMT] outside all settlements. There are no casualties or damage, he wrote on his Telegram channel.

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