Moscow Region Governor Reports 86 Drones Shot Down Overnight, 6 Injured

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12:19; 16 June 2026 year
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### Air Defense Forces Intercept 86 Drones Over Moscow Region On the night of June 16, air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 86 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Moscow region, according to regional governor Andrey Vorobyov. Preliminary reports indicate that six people were injured as a result of falling debris. The most severe consequences were recorded in Elektrostal, where four men sustained injuries in the village of Sluchainy. Two of them were taken to medical facilities. Additionally, fragments of a downed drone damaged the glass facade of a residential building on Lenin Avenue, affecting floors from the 4th to the 16th, as well as a construction site where floors from the 12th to the 16th were damaged. Another injured person, a 57-year-old man, sustained wounds in Parkovy microdistrict in Kotelniki. In the village of Tsibino in Voskresensk district, a 13-year-old girl suffered a left thigh injury. In Ramensky district, in the village of Grigorovo, debris from the drones caused a fire on the roof of a two-story brick house. In Durykino village in Solnechnogorsk district, windows and cladding of a private house were damaged. In Chernogolovka, the facade of an administrative building was damaged, but no one was injured. Emergency services, firefighting units, and specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) are working at the incident sites. All injured individuals are receiving necessary medical assistance.