Airports grounded, skies on alert: Flights suspended as Russia fends off huge Ukrainian drone attack

Russian authorities accidental they repelled a large Ukrainian drone attack, with implicit 100 drones intercepted precocious Tuesday and aboriginal Wednesday crossed respective regions, including adjacent the capital.According to a station connected Telegram by Russia’s defence ministry, 112 Ukrainian drones were "destroyed and intercepted" crossed six regions wrong a three-hour span earlier midnight. The drones targeted cardinal areas including Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Tula, Oryol, and Kaluga.Twelve drones targeting the superior were changeable down, starring to impermanent formation suspensions astatine Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports, according to AFP, citing Russia’s national aviation transport agency.The defence ministry said that the Bryansk portion was deed the hardest, with 59 drones sent toward the southwestern country adjacent the Ukrainian border.This large-scale drone onslaught follows Ukraine's study earlier this week that it had endured the astir aggravated question of Russian drone strikes since the opening of the penetration successful 2022. Over a three-day play ending Monday, Ukraine claimed Russia had launched much than 900 drones, with 13 civilians, including 3 children, killed successful Sunday’s barrage alone.

While Russian authorities often study drone activity, specified a precocious measurement of drones implicit specified a wide country and abbreviated clip framework is rare. Moscow, located hundreds of kilometers from the Ukrainian border, is not often the absorption of large-scale attacks, though caller weeks person seen much predominant formation diversions owed to airspace threats.Russia's defence ministry said connected Tuesday that it responded to what it called a Ukrainian "provocation" by launching drone and rocket attacks connected Ukrainian civilian installations.