Two Ukrainian drones downed over Moscow region, says Russia

Russia's defence ministry says it has thwarted a Ukrainian drone onslaught aft it downed 2 drones implicit the Moscow region.

Two different drones were intercepted implicit the Bryansk region, north-east of the Ukrainian border, it added.

Flights were temporarily stopped to and from Moscow's airports aboriginal connected Tuesday, the ministry said.

Airspace supra Moscow has been closed respective times successful caller days arsenic reports of drone strikes go much regular.

The defence ministry besides said a Russian warplane had destroyed a Ukrainian reconnaissance vessel successful the Black Sea that had sailed adjacent Russian state accumulation facilities.

Early connected Tuesday, Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian aerial defences had changeable down 2 drones to the westbound of the superior successful the Krasnogorsk and Shastsy districts.

No injuries were reported successful the attacks and Ukraine has not commented.

Although Ukraine has not claimed work for circumstantial drone strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky has antecedently said that attacks connected Russian territory are an "inevitable, earthy and perfectly just process".

Images posted connected societal media and analysed by BBC Verify amusement a Tupolev Tu-22 connected occurrence astatine Soltsy-2 airbase, southbound of St Petersburg.

Moscow said that a drone was deed by small-arms occurrence but managed to "damage" a plane.

The Russian Tu-22 bomber that was destroyed tin question astatine doubly the velocity of dependable and has been utilized extensively by Russia to onslaught cities successful Ukraine.

Moscow's defence ministry said successful a connection that an onslaught by a "copter-type UAV" took spot astatine astir 10:00 Moscow clip (08:00 BST) connected Saturday.

It stated the determination arsenic "a subject airfield successful the Novgorod region", wherever Soltsy-2 is situated.

"The UAV was detected by the airfield's reflection outpost and was deed with small-arms fire," the ministry said.

"One airplane was damaged; determination were nary casualties arsenic a effect of the violent act."

The connection besides said a occurrence which broke retired successful the airfield parking batch was rapidly extinguished.

However, images posted connected the societal media level Telegram showed a ample occurrence engulfing a pitchy with the distinctive chemoreceptor cone of the Tu-22. BBC Verify analysed the images and believes them to beryllium credible.

Over caller months dozens of fixed-wing unmanned craft person attacked Russia's capital.

Moscow has blamed Kyiv for the attacks. Ukraine seldom takes work for incidents oregon strikes that instrumentality spot wrong Russian territory.