
MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday that air defence systems had downed three drones en route to Russia's capital.
"The Defence Ministry's air defence forces repelled an attack by three drones flying towards Moscow. Emergency services specialists are working at the site where the debris fell," he said on Telegram.
Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that air defense shot down 159 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, and at least six were shot down over the Moscow region, which has a population of over 20 million.