China News Service, Moscow, February 15th. Moscow Mayor Sobyanin posted on social media on the evening of the 15th that the Russian air defense system destroyed another six drones flying to Moscow, and emergency department staff were working at the location where the drone wreckage fell. So far, the Russian air defense system shot down a total of 18 Ukrainian drones flying to Moscow that day.
The Russian Ministry of Defense posted on social media that day that from 23:00 on the 14th to 9:00 on the 15th, Moscow time, the Russian air defense system intercepted and destroyed 156 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over multiple areas in the country.
From 9:00 to 13:00, the Russian air defense system intercepted and shot down 102 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula and Moscow regions, including 3 drones flying to Moscow. From 13:00 to 18:00, the Russian air defense system intercepted and shot down 123 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula, Kursk, Orel, Belgorod, Vladimir and Moscow regions, including 15 flying to Moscow.
The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency announced earlier that day that in order to ensure the safety of civilian flights, Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Vnukovo Airport have implemented temporary air traffic control and suspended flight takeoffs and landings. At present, relevant airports have announced the lifting of aviation controls and the resumption of flight takeoffs and landings.
According to Russian media reports on the 15th, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gerasimov said during an inspection of the Central Cluster Force that the Russian army has taken control of 12 residential areas originally controlled by the Ukrainian army since February. The Russian army is currently continuing to advance in all directions in the special military operations zone. He also said that the current focus of the Ukrainian army is to form more drone units and increase the number of attack drones, while the Russian army uses drones twice as frequently as the Ukrainian army on average. (over)
