According to official media, Russian air defenses shot down two drones in the Moscow region on Tuesday, with no injuries.
“Two drones were suppressed by means of electronic warfare” in the region of New Moscow, emergency services told the TASS news agency.
A third drone was “shot down” in the Kaluga region, around 190 kilometres (110 miles) from the capital, TASS said.
According to “preliminary reports”, the three drones were heading toward Moscow, TASS said.
According to an unidentified source, all three drones were fixed-wing, and there had been no casualties.
a government-run organization According to RIA Novosti, two drones were shot down near the town of Valuevo in New Moscow, citing emergency services.
It added the drones had crashed into a “open field” and that no casualties had been reported.
The reports did not specify where the drones came from.
Drone strikes on Russian cities have occurred throughout Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine, but have increased in recent months.
Moscow and its surrounds, which are about 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, have been rarely attacked in the past.
Two drones were shot down above the Kremlin in early May, and later that month, drones struck Moscow high-rises.
