Russian air defenses successfully thwarted a significant drone assault from Ukraine overnight, intercepting and destroying 121 drones aimed at 13 regions, including Moscow, according to a statement from Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday. The report did not provide details regarding any casualties or damage.

The ministry indicated that six drones were neutralized over the Moscow region, with one being intercepted directly over the capital. Other drones targeted various regions, including those adjacent to Ukraine and Kursk, where Ukrainian forces maintain a presence despite ongoing Russian military efforts to dislodge them.

Additionally, twenty drones were reported to have targeted the Ryazan region, located southeast of Moscow. Unverified videos shared on Telegram by local bloggers depicted what they described as significant fires in the area, claiming that an oil storage facility and a power station were struck. Reuters has not been able to verify these claims.

Pavel Malkov, the governor of Ryazan, reported on Telegram that emergency services were responding to the aftermath of the drone attack. He noted that a fire had been extinguished after debris from a drone damaged a residential building.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated early Friday that air defenses had intercepted Ukrainian drone attacks at four different locations around the capital. In his Telegram update, Sobyanin mentioned that defenses in Kolomna and Ramenskoye, located southeast of Moscow, successfully repelled “enemy” drones, although he did not specify the number intercepted. He assured that there were no reported damages or casualties at the sites where debris fell, and that specialized emergency teams were on the scene.

Sobyanin reported that two drones approaching Moscow were intercepted by air defenses in Podolsk, located to the south of the capital. He also noted that one drone was downed in Troitsky, to the southwest, and another in Shchyolkovo, to the northeast.

According to Russian news agencies citing Rosaviatsiya, the federal aviation authority, operations at two Moscow airports, Vnukovo and Domodedovo, were temporarily suspended but have since resumed. As a result, six flights were redirected to alternative airports.

In Kursk, Mayor Igor Kutsak indicated that the overnight drone attack had caused damage to power lines, resulting in an electricity outage in one district of the city.

The Defence Ministry’s statement confirmed that drones were also destroyed in the border regions of Bryansk and Belgorod, as well as over the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula. Additionally, the regions of Saratov, Rostov, Voronezh, Tula, Oryol, and Lipetsk were reported as targets.