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Moscow changeable down dozens of drones successful the aboriginal hours of Monday (June 22, 2026) and concisely suspended flights astatine airports, section authorities said, just days aft Ukraine deed the Russian capital's lipid refinery again.
Nearly 60 drones headed for Moscow were downed, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said connected Telegram. Mr. Sobyanin did not supply further details, adding that emergency services had been dispatched to areas wherever drones were downed.
The airports of Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo, arsenic good arsenic Zhukovskiy adjacent the capital, had suspended flights, though flights were aboriginal resumed, the aviation watchdog said separately.
In total, Russian defence systems downed 301 drones overnight, section newswires said, citing the Defence Ministry. That tally included Russia-occupied areas.
The onslaught comes aft drones again deed Moscow's sole lipid refinery past week. In that strike, Moscow's defence systems changeable down astir 200 drones successful 1 of the biggest aerial attacks connected the metropolis since Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022.
In Ukraine, 2 radical were killed and six injured successful abstracted Russian attacks overnight, section authorities said.
Russia hit the confederate Odesa portion with an Iskander ballistic rocket connected Sunday evening, sidesplitting 1 and injuring 3 people, determination politician Oleh Kiper said connected Telegram.
Vehicles and substance retention tanks caught occurrence aft the onslaught deed an cultivation facility, helium said.
In the southeastern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, a pistillate was killed and 3 different radical injured aft a drone attack, Ivan Fedorov, the section governor, said connected Telegram connected Monday (June 22).
A Russian drone onslaught besides deed a Turkish adust cargo vessel, the Victress, which was sailing nether the Panamanian flag, the Ukrainian navy said, adding determination were casualties among the nine-member planetary unit which it rescued.
Reuters could not independently verify the details.
Elsewhere, the metropolis of Sevastopol successful Russia-annexed Crimea cancelled each open-air nationalist events on Monday and volition support thoroughfare lights switched off, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the metropolis governor, said connected Telegram arsenic helium called connected radical to curb energy usage.
Crimea, a fashionable tourer destination for Russians, has suspended substance income to the nationalist and businesses, with supplies restricted to authorities agencies liable for indispensable services and security, arsenic Ukraine's drone attacks connected its supply routes and vigor facilities elsewhere led to a substance crisis.
