Drohnen zielen auf Moskau, russische Öleinrichtungen in gemeldeten groß angelegten ukrainischen Streik

>Drones have targeted multiple regions in Russia, including the capital, in a large-scale overnight attack, Russian officials and media outlets reported on Sept. 12.

>Explosions have been reported near Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Smolensk, and the Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg was shut down due to the threat of drones.

>At least nine Ukrainian drones have been shot down near Moscow, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

>Sobyanin said on Telegram that emergency crews were headed to the site where the drone debris fell. The mayor did not provide details as to where the drones were shot down.

>No information on damage or casualties is available.

>Russian Telegram channels, citing resident accounts, reported explosions in the communities of Mozhaysk and Dedovsk in Moscow Oblast, located just west of the outskirts of the capital.

>Smolensk residents reported explosions in the city. In footage posted to social media, eyewitnesses claimed that the drones targeted a nearby Lukoil facility. Video shows smoke and flames rising from a large fire at an undisclosed site.

>Anokhin did not mention oil facilities or any possible targets in his report.

>In St. Petersburg, the drone threat forced the Pulkovo Airport to shut down. Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported that air defenses were at work over multiple districts in the region and over the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg.

>Residents of Tosno, a town 53 kilometers (33 miles) southwest of St. Petersburg, reported explosions amid the drone attack, according to the Russian opposition news channel Astra.

*The Kyiv Independent cannot verify the reports at the time of publication. Ukraine’s military has not commented on the reported attack.*

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