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Air defense system repels attack by six drones flying towards Moscow — mayor

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 54 words
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What to know about Air defense system repels attack by six drones flying towards Moscow — mayor

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that Russian air defense forces shot down six drones targeting the city. Emergency services are currently managing the sites where the debris landed.

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What happened

Russia’s air defense forces have shot down six drones that were flying towards Moscow, said Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

Why it matters

"The Defense Ministry’s air defense forces shot down six drones that were flying towards Moscow.

Common ground

Emergency services specialists are working at the site where the debris fell," he wrote on Max messenger.

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Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that Russian air defense forces shot down six drones targeting the city. Emergency services are currently managing the sites where the debris landed.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on Max messenger that the Defense Ministry’s air defense forces shot down six drones that were flying towards Moscow”
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Multiple sources, including TASS and APA, explicitly state that Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported the downing of the six drones via the 'Max messenger'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 30 May 2023, amidst the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, the Russian capital of Moscow was subject to several drone strikes. At least eight drones were involved in the attacks. Five of the drones were …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_May_2023_Moscow_drone_strik…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, situated on the Moskva River in Central Russia. The city has a population estimated at more than 13 million residents within city limits, more than 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The government of Russia has initially responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country with preventive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 in the country, which involved impo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_government_response_to…
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Claim 2: “Emergency services specialists are working at the site where the debris fell”
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Three independent sources (Kyiv Independent, TRT World, and other web results) confirm that emergency services were deployed to work at the sites where drone debris fell.
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web search NEUTRAL — He said emergency workers were operating at sites where drone debris had fallen. There were no other details.Olena Goncharova is the Special Correspondent for the Kyiv Independent, where she has previ…
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-says-dozens-of-ukrainian-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Emergency services were deployed to locations where drone debris fell.600 drones targeted Moscow region. On the Russian side, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported a sustained overnight drone attack o…
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2026/Aug/16/russian-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — “At the sites where debris fell, emergency services are working,” he said.Moscow faced several large-scale drone attacks in July, including an episode in which more than 430 drones were reported to ha…
https://www.trtworld.com/article/e768a65d2b60
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Claim 3: “Russia’s air defense forces have shot down six drones that were flying towards Moscow”
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Multiple independent web search results (TASS and other news reports) confirm that Russian air defense forces shot down six drones targeting Moscow on August 23.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In September 1999, a series of explosions hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk, killing more than 300, injuring more than 1,000, and spreading a wave of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombing…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, situated on the Moskva River in Central Russia. The city has a population estimated at more than 13 million residents within city limits, more than 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, РПЦ, romanized: Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', RPTs;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Московский …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church
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