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Air defenses down another eight drones heading for Moscow — mayor

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 56 words
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What to know about Air defenses down another eight drones heading for Moscow — mayor

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that air defenses downed eight drones targeting the city. This brings the total number of drones shot down since midnight Sunday to 22.

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What happened

Air defenses have downed another eight drones heading for Moscow, the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

Why it matters

Response teams are working at the site where debris fell," he wrote on Russia’s national messenger Max.

Common ground

According to Sobyanin, 22 drones have been shot down since midnight on Sunday.

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Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that air defenses downed eight drones targeting the city. This brings the total number of drones shot down since midnight Sunday to 22.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 2 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Air defenses have downed another eight drones heading for Moscow, the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced the downing of eight drones heading for the city.
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web search NEUTRAL — Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the downing of eight drones flying towards the city.The Ministry of Defense's air defense forces have already shot down 8 drones that were flying to Moscow today…
https://unn.ua/en/news/russia-reported-the-alleged-downing-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian Air Defences Neutralize Eight Drones Heading to Moscow. Russian air defense systems shot down eight drones en route to Moscow, the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said Monday, following a major…
https://thedefensewatch.com/global-news/russian-air-defenses…
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web search NEUTRAL — Air defenses have shot down a drone heading for Moscow, the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said. "A drone flying towards Moscow has been downed. Response teams are working at the site where debris came …
https://tass.com/emergencies/2125669
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Claim 2: “According to Sobyanin, 22 drones have been shot down since midnight on Sunday.”
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The claim is corroborated by multiple independent sources, including TASS and another news report, both stating that Mayor Sobyanin reported 22 drones shot down since midnight on Sunday, May 17.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2013 Moscow mayoral election was held on September 8, 2013, as part of the regional elections, at the same time as the elections in Moscow Oblast and other Oblasts were held. Elections were held a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moscow_mayoral_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mayor of Moscow (Russian: Мэр Москвы, romanized: Mer Moskvy) is the head and the highest-ranking official of Moscow, who leads the Government of Moscow, the main executive body of the city. Moscow…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Moscow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (Russian: Серге́й Семёнович Собя́нин; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian politician, serving as the 3rd mayor of Moscow since 21 October 2010. Sobyanin previously served as th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Sobyanin
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