Russian officials say 2 drones approaching Moscow were shot down overnight, blame Ukraine

KYIV, Aug 9 (AP): Russian air defenses shot down two drones aimed at Moscow overnight, officials
said on Wednesday, in what they described as Ukraine's latest attempt to strike the Russian capital
in an apparent campaign to unnerve Muscovites and take the war to Russia.
The drones were intercepted on their approach to Moscow and there were no casualties, Mayor
Sergei Sobyanin said. The Russian Defense Ministry described it as a “terrorist attack.”
One of the drones came down in the Domodedovo region south of Moscow and the other fell near
the Minsk highway, west of the city, according to Sobyanin. Domodedovo airport is one of Moscow's
busiest.
It was not clear where the drones were launched from, and Ukrainian officials made no immediate
comment. Ukraine usually neither confirms nor denies such attacks.
Flights were halted at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on July 30 and Aug. 1, when drones smashed into
the Moscow City business district after being jammed by air defenses in two separate incidents.
In May, Russian authorities accused Ukraine of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones in
an effort to assassinate President Vladimir Putin.
Recent drone attacks have aimed at targets from the Russian capital to the Crimean Peninsula.