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At least 10 drones downed while approaching Moscow

Mayor Sergey Sobyanin says first responders are working in the area where drone fragments fell

© Alexander Reka/TASS

MOSCOW, September 4. /TASS/. Russian air defenses have just taken down at least ten Moscow-bound drones, the Russian capital’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

"An attack by ten drones has been repelled by the Defense Ministry’s air defense forces. First responders are working in the area where drone fragments fell," the mayor wrote on the Max messenger.

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