Russian air defences down 65 drones headed for Moscow, mayor says

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March 14 (Reuters) - Russian ​air defence units have downed 65 ‌Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow throughout the day on Saturday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

Sobyanin, writing ​on Telegram, said the drones ​were intercepted over an 11-hour period beginning ⁠around noon (0900 GMT). Crews were examining ​the fragments at the sites where they ​fell.

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The governor of Bryansk region on the Ukrainian border, Alexander Bogomaz, said on Telegram that ​units in his region had downed ​128 drones. He gave no time frame.

Ukrainian forces earlier ‌this ⁠week said they had struck a key plant producing missile components in Bryansk region. Bogomaz said seven people died ​in that ​attack, ⁠without saying what was hit.

According to the most recent report issued ​by the Russian Defence Ministry, ​air ⁠defence units intercepted 280 Ukrainian drones on Saturday in various parts of central and western ⁠Russia ​over a 10-hour period ending at ​9 p.m.

It said 47 drones targeting Moscow were among those ​downed.

Reporting by Reuters; editing by Diane Craft

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