# Mayor: More than 230 drones detected flying toward Moscow since Monday evening

https://mins.news/en/item/18847

- TASS, 2026-08-11 08:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/emergencies/2171241

> Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said more than 230 drones had been detected heading toward the city since Monday evening. He stated that air defenses destroyed most of the drones while they were still approaching from a distance.

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