The key facts
- Air defense destroyed three drones on approach to Moscow, Sobyanin said
- Defense Ministry: 90 fixed-wing drones shot down over 12 hours on October 20
- Drones detected over Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh regions, Crimea and the Black Sea
Attack on Moscow repelled
Russian air defense forces destroyed three drones heading toward Moscow. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported this. According to him, the attack was repelled by air defense units, and specialists from emergency services have been sent to the sites where fragments of the downed drones fell and are working there at present.
Defense Ministry: 90 drones shot down in 12 hours
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, over 12 hours — from 08:00 to 20:00 Moscow time on October 20 — Russian air defense forces destroyed 90 Ukrainian drones over the country's regions and the Black Sea. The ministry specified that all downed drones were fixed-wing type.
Regions where air defense operated
According to the Defense Ministry, drones were detected over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh regions. In addition, air defense forces operated over the Republic of Crimea and the waters of the Black Sea.
