INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Regions across western and central Russia were targeted in a fresh overnight wave of drone attacks, the second this week, authorities and
said on Friday.Air defense near the Lyubertsy district on the southeast outskirts of the capital "thwarted another attempt to fly a drone to
Moscow," Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging app, but did not say whether the aircraft was Ukrainian."There were no casualties or
damage, according to initial reports
Emergency services are on the scene," he added.Air traffic at Moscow's Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports was temporarily suspended, according
to the state-run daily newspaper Izvestia.Moscow has been targeted by a barrage of Ukrainian drone attacks in recent weeks after Kyiv vowed
in July to "return" the war to Russia.Meanwhile, in the Byransk, Pskov, Belgorod, Kursk, and Moscow regions, authorities reported a series
There were no casualties or damage," said Bryansk region Governor Alexander Bogomaz, adding that emergency services were at the scene.In the
neighboring Kursk region, the town of Kurchatov was attacked by two Ukrainian drones early Friday, but it was not clear whether the aircraft
had hit their targets."An administrative building and a residential building were damaged," Kursk region Governor Roman Starovoyt said on
Telegram, adding that investigators were headed to the scene to assess the extent of the damage.Kurchatov is about 100 kilometers from
Russia's border with Ukraine.Pskov region Governor Mikhail Vedernikov shared a video on Telegram of Russian forces firing at "a single
unidentified object" in the night sky, adding that the aircraft had been "neutralized."Pskov lies some 660 kilometers north of Ukraine and
30 kilometers east of the border with Estonia, a member of both the European Union and NATO.AFP contributed to this reporting.
