Moscow Residents Hear Explosions as Air Defense Stops Drone AttacksMoscow’s air defense forces intercepted and destroyed several drones that attempted to strike the city, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said. Photo: www.pexels.com by Sergey Sh, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ MoscowThe mayor reported that the air defense system shot down a total of seven drones. Residents of the Moscow region reported hearing explosions in the sky. Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a strike in southern Crimea. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense, drones armed with explosive warheads targeted civilian infrastructure in the peninsula’s resort area.