Overview

• Moscow’s mayor said air defenses destroyed 15 drones targeting the capital on Monday, with no damage reported and emergency crews deployed.
• Follow-up messages overnight reported two additional shootdowns just after midnight and two more later, extending the interceptions into early Tuesday.
• Russia’s aviation regulator temporarily restricted arrivals and departures at Sheremetyevo airport during the incidents.
• At an emergency UN Security Council session, Poland’s foreign minister warned violators of Polish airspace would be shot down, with UK and US officials pledging to defend NATO territory as Russia disputed an alleged Estonian breach.
• In Moldova, police said they conducted about 250 searches and detained 74 people over alleged plans for unrest, while opposition figures called the actions voter intimidation ahead of the September 28 elections and President Maia Sandu accused the Kremlin of funding vote-buying.