Ukraine war: Three drones intercepted ‘heading for Moscow’ – Russia accuses Kyiv of ‘terrorist attack’
Russia has claimed it has shot down and intercepted multiple Ukrainian drones over Moscow in what it described as a “terrorist attack”.
Four of the drones were destroyed by air defences and the fifth was intercepted and fell, the Russian defence ministry said in a statement.
There were no casualties or damage as result of the “terrorist attack”, it said.
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At least three drones were intercepted in the skies over the Moscow region – including two just 30km (19 miles) southwest of the Kremlin.
One drone was detected in the neighbouring region of Kaluga, and another was shot down in the town of Kubinka, according to Russian news agency RIA.
A fifth drone jammed and crashed in the Odintsovo district, a suburb to the west of Moscow.
Russia claimed Ukraine launched five drones in and around Moscow
As a result, a number of outbound and incoming flights were disrupted at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, news agencies reported.
Flights from Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt were diverted to other airports in the city.
“The Kyiv regime’s attempt to attack an area where civilian infrastructure is located, including the airport, which incidentally also receives foreign flights, is yet another act of terrorism,” said foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
“The international community should realise that the United States, Britain, France – permanent members of the UN Security Council – are financing a terrorist regime.”
There was no immediate comment from Kyiv.
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Moscow also blamed Ukraine for another drone attack on the capital back in May.
Russia’s defence ministry said eight drones were involved in the “terrorist” action and that all were shot down – with three diverted due to “electronic warfare”.
Speaking on TV at the time, President Vladimir Putin claimed the attack was aimed at “civilian targets” and promised to improve air defences.
Russian people more united than ever
The alleged assault is the first on the Russian capital since the armed rebellion by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on 24 June.
In the biggest challenge to President Putin’s two-decade rule, Wagner troops marched towards Moscow, demanding the sacking of Russia’s military leadership, accusing them of botching the war in Ukraine.
The mutiny ended following a Belarus-brokered deal between the Kremlin and the Wagner boss.
President Vladimir Putin speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
On Tuesday, President Putin thanked members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for their “supporting actions to protect Russia’s constitutional order” during the Wagner rebellion, according to Russian state news agency RIA.
Speaking at a virtual conference of the security group – which was founded by Russia and China and includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – President Putin told Asian leaders that the Russian people were more united than ever.
“The Russian people are consolidated as never before,” he said.
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“Russian political circles and the whole of society clearly demonstrated their unity and elevated sense of responsibility for the fate of the Fatherland when they responded as a united front against an attempted armed mutiny.”
He said Moscow planned to boost ties with the SCO and that Russia will stand up against Western sanctions and “provocations”.
Meanwhile, Russia has continued its missile and drone attacks in Ukraine.
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Three people were confirmed dead and 21 others were injured following a drone strike in the northeastern city of Sumy that damaged two apartment buildings on Monday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack also damaged the regional headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine, the country’s main intelligence agency.
He urged Western allies to increase supplies of air defence systems to help fend off Russian raids.
Elon Musk could be on track for a $1trn pay packet.
Tesla shareholders have approved the whopping financial package for the CEO – who’s already worth an estimated $491bn – if he hits a series of ambitious targets over the next 10 years.
But that $1trn figure (or £761,910,000,000) – which is both one thousand billion and one million million – is almost impossible to imagine for most people.
Even so, we have drilled down into the numbers and examined what you can do with a trillion US dollars – and it turns out, quite a lot.
Show me the money
Laid end to end, a trillion one-dollar bills would cover a distance of approximately 156 billion metres.
That could wrap around the equator 3,890 times, easily reach the sun from Earth (around 149.6 million km) or loop from Earth to the moon 405 times.
That many one-dollar notes could cover a massive area (roughly 10,339 km squared), meaning you could blanket nearly all of Lebanon or Jamaica in bills.
Spend it on sport
You could splash out on virtually all of the world’s major sporting leagues.
The clubs which make up the Premier League are relatively cheap ($30bn), and even when snapping up the UEFA Champions League clubs and the big five top divisions of Spain, Italy, Germany, and France, there’s still $858bn left in the kitty.
The four major US sports leagues for ice hockey, baseball, basketball, and American football (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL) have a rough valuation of $544bn, according to Sportico.
But then add the IPL cricket league ($120bn) and F1 ($23.1bn) and Musk still has change from an estimated total spend of $829.7bn.
Elon Musk is in the money if he hits targets set by Tesla’s shareholders. File pic: AP
Take over Tesla’s rivals
He could buy up the top 15 largest publicly traded automakers (excluding Tesla) by market capitalisation.
They would include firms like Japan’s Toyota ($275bn), Chinese automaker BYD ($120bn), and luxury brands like Ferrari ($81bn) and Mercedes-Benz ($62bn), as well as BMW ($52bn), Volkswagen ($50bn) and Ford ($48bn).
But there would still be a little change left over; the total bill would be an eye-watering $992bn.
Buy up San Diego
He could buy up every single residential property in San Diego County – valued at a total of $1trn. Seattle is just slightly out of reach at $1.1trn, according to recent data from real estate firm Zillow.
But if he wanted to buy big – there is always Tennessee. The total value of homes in the US state is estimated at $957bn. Or there is Maryland, which at $1.01trn could be bought if he can find a little more cash behind the sofa.
Sadly, he would struggle to scoop up London’s entire housing stock, which in February was valued at just under £2trn ($2.53trn), according to agents Savills.
Cities like New York ($4.6trn) and Los Angeles ($3.9trn) are also not within his budget, hosting America’s most expensive residential markets.
Do something charitable?
There is always the possibility Musk could follow in the footsteps of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who intends to give away 99% of his vast fortune over the next 20 years.
He could give every single man, woman, and child in the US a share of his cash pile. They would receive approximately $2,917.32 (£2,223.29), based on a population estimate of 342.7 million.
Although it would be roughly $14,348.79 (£10,935.20) for every person (roughly 69.6 million) in the UK.
If he wanted to give the entire globe an early Christmas present, then based on the rough world population estimate of 8.2 billion, everyone would receive $121.80 (£92.87).
Pay off the credit card
With $1trn, he could instantly rewrite history and erase debt interest payments and the government debt from dozens of the world’s sovereign nations.
Or Musk could wipe out the debts of Singapore ($1trn) or South Korea ($0.99trn) in one go, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook (Oct 2025).
But when it comes to the biggest debt-laden countries, $1trn would not even touch the sides.
The US has $38.3trn of government debt (just over one third of the total global debt pile) while the UK has a modest $4.1trn.
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