MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. Air defense forces shot down nine drones flying toward Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

"Another nine drones flying toward Moscow have been destroyed. Emergency service personnel are working at the crash sites," he wrote on his Max channel.

All in all, 20 UAVs have been shot down while approaching Moscow since the beginning of the day, according to TASS calculations based on statements by Sobyanin.