TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2026|No. 18551
Russia · Security

Moscow Region Air Defenses Neutralize Over 400 Drones

Moscow's air defense systems successfully intercepted and neutralized over 400 drones that were heading towards the Moscow Region during an overnight period.

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Over 400 drones head toward Moscow Region overnight — mayor

Air defenses neutralized most of them on the distant approaches

MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. More than 400 drones headed toward the Moscow Region between 8:30 p.m. Moscow time on October 12 and 7 a.m. on October 13 (5:30 p.m. - 4 a.m. GMT), with air defenses neutralizing most of them on the distant approaches, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

"Between 8:30 p.m. on October 12 and 7 a.m. on October 13, 417 UAVs headed toward the Moscow Region. Air defenses neutralized most of them on the distant approaches," he wrote on his Max channel.

Sobyanin added that air defenses destroyed 65 drones approaching Moscow during that period.

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