Moscow airspace briefly closed after drone attack hits city near border with Latvia and Estonia, with explosions also heard in Russia’s Bryansk and Tula regions
has damaged four heavy transport planes, state media reported early on Wednesday, amid reports of explosions in regions south of Moscow.
Pskov is located about 800km from Ukraine’s border and the surrounding region borders EU member states Latvia and Estonia. In Moscow, news agency Tass reported that airspace above Vnukovo airport closed briefly in response to the attacks on Pskov, before reopening to air traffic.There were also reportedly explosions in Russia’s Bryansk and Tula regions, according to the investigative news outlet Bellingcat.
Vedernikov said he was at the scene of the attack. “According to preliminary information, there are no victims,” he said, adding that the scale of the damage was being assessed.
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