Moscow flights halted as Russia shuts down two extra drones

Russian air defence programs have shot down two extra drones heading in the direction of Moscow, Kremlin officers mentioned yesterday.

It was the second day working the capital metropolis had been focused by drones. As Ukraine appeared to step up its assault on Russian soil, one drone was downed within the Kaluga area and one other close to a serious ring street, in accordance with Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

No casualties or harm have been reported. Domodedovo airport, south of town, and Vnukovo airport have been each pressured to halt flights for 2 hours.

It was not clear the place the drones have been launched and Ukrainian officers made no remark.

Russia’s defence ministry additionally mentioned it had stopped Ukrainian drone assaults in annexed Crimea.

It claimed it shot down two drones close to the port metropolis of Sevastopol and electronically jammed 9 that crashed into the Black Sea. On Wednesday, Ukrainian media reported a thick plume of smoke billowing over Sevastopol, the HQ of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.

The governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, mentioned the smoke got here from a “fleet training exercise” and urged calm.

Meanwhile, 12 folks stay lacking after an explosion at a manufacturing facility that makes equipment for the Russian navy. Moscow’s emergency
ministry mentioned 71 folks wanted medical help after the blast.

Officials didn’t provide a suspected explanation for the explosion on the Zagorsk plant close to Moscow, including to jitters about potential Ukrainian drone strikes. The newest blitz got here as Ukraine claimed Russian shelling had killed six folks in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia.

Western officers warned the nation’s counter-offenseive will probably be a protracted slog because it was introduced the US is to offer one other £160million in weapons and ammunition assist.