Russia says downed more than 70 Ukrainian drones

Russian air defences shot down more than 70 Ukrainian drones overnight into Tuesday morning, local authorities and state media said, including 12 in the skies around Moscow.

In the region of Bryansk, which borders Ukraine, "59 enemy aircraft-type UAVs have been intercepted and destroyed", regional Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said on Telegram.

"There are no casualties or damage," he added.


Twelve drones were also shot down in the Moscow region, the capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram.

As a result of the attack, three airports around Moscow suspended flights, according to their websites.

Two more Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the region of Tula, south of Moscow, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

Ukraine and Russia routinely carry out nighttime drone attacks on each other's territory.

Kyiv's SBU security services said Saturday they had struck an ammunition depot in Russia's Voronezh region in a drone attack.