(Reuters) -Russian air defence systems destroyed 34 Ukrainian drones that targeted Moscow through repeated attacks overnight and forced a temporary closure of two of the city’s four airports, Russian authorities said on Monday.
The drones were downed within a span of six hours, starting at just before 10 p.m. on Sunday Moscow time (1900 GMT), the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsiya said the Domodedovo airport and the smaller Zhukovsky airport were shut for about 2.5 hours from 2240 GMT to ensure air safety.
In the Tula region, which borders the Moscow region to the north, 24 drones were destroyed in the early hours of Monday, regional governor Dmitry Miliyaev said on Telegram.
There was no information about potential damage.
Russia rarely discloses the full scale of damages inflicted by Ukrainian strikes inside its territory unless civilian objects are involved.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Kyiv has previously said that its attacks are aimed at destroying infrastructure key to conducting Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Both sides deny targeting civilians.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Nia Williams, Leslie Adler and Himani Sarkar)
