٠٠:٠٢:٢٧Russian Presidential spokesperson Dmitri Peskov stated that the reported overnight UAV attacks across the Moscow region on Monday night could not be considered 'military actions' as part of the ongoing Ukraine conflict, during a briefing with journalists in Moscow on Tuesday.
"Night strikes on civilian neighbourhoods cannot in any way be associated with military action. <…> We must continue the military operation in order to protect ourselves from the manifestations of such a regime," he said.
Peskov also emphasised that Moscow and Kiev had not reached 'clear agreements' on halting strikes on energy facilities.
"There were no clear agreements. This is the first thing. It is now difficult to imagine the possibility of reaching any agreements amid the situation in the Kursk region," he said.
Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyov earlier reported via his Telegram channel that a 46-year-old woman killed in Ramenskoye and eight people injured following a drone attack, while 43 residents had been provided with temporary accommodation. He also said that Russian air defences had shot down 14 drones in the districts in five urban districts in the Moscow region.
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, 'operational air defence means destroyed and intercepted 144 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs' over the country's territory overnight from Monday into Tuesday, with 20 of them over the Moscow region.
Three Moscow airports - Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky - were reported to have been closed temporarily, with 48 flights diverted. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that debris from a downed UAV near Zhukovsky airport was being cleared.
The Ukrainian side has not commented on the reported drone attacks at time of publication. It has previously denied targeting civilian infrastructure.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
'Night strikes on civilian neighbourhoods cannot in any way be associated with military action' - Peskov on UAV attacks
Russian Presidential spokesperson Dmitri Peskov stated that the reported overnight UAV attacks across the Moscow region on Monday night could not be considered 'military actions' as part of the ongoing Ukraine conflict, during a briefing with journalists in Moscow on Tuesday.
"Night strikes on civilian neighbourhoods cannot in any way be associated with military action. <…> We must continue the military operation in order to protect ourselves from the manifestations of such a regime," he said.
Peskov also emphasised that Moscow and Kiev had not reached 'clear agreements' on halting strikes on energy facilities.
"There were no clear agreements. This is the first thing. It is now difficult to imagine the possibility of reaching any agreements amid the situation in the Kursk region," he said.
Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyov earlier reported via his Telegram channel that a 46-year-old woman killed in Ramenskoye and eight people injured following a drone attack, while 43 residents had been provided with temporary accommodation. He also said that Russian air defences had shot down 14 drones in the districts in five urban districts in the Moscow region.
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, 'operational air defence means destroyed and intercepted 144 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs' over the country's territory overnight from Monday into Tuesday, with 20 of them over the Moscow region.
Three Moscow airports - Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky - were reported to have been closed temporarily, with 48 flights diverted. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that debris from a downed UAV near Zhukovsky airport was being cleared.
The Ukrainian side has not commented on the reported drone attacks at time of publication. It has previously denied targeting civilian infrastructure.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russian Presidential spokesperson Dmitri Peskov stated that the reported overnight UAV attacks across the Moscow region on Monday night could not be considered 'military actions' as part of the ongoing Ukraine conflict, during a briefing with journalists in Moscow on Tuesday.
"Night strikes on civilian neighbourhoods cannot in any way be associated with military action. <…> We must continue the military operation in order to protect ourselves from the manifestations of such a regime," he said.
Peskov also emphasised that Moscow and Kiev had not reached 'clear agreements' on halting strikes on energy facilities.
"There were no clear agreements. This is the first thing. It is now difficult to imagine the possibility of reaching any agreements amid the situation in the Kursk region," he said.
Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyov earlier reported via his Telegram channel that a 46-year-old woman killed in Ramenskoye and eight people injured following a drone attack, while 43 residents had been provided with temporary accommodation. He also said that Russian air defences had shot down 14 drones in the districts in five urban districts in the Moscow region.
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, 'operational air defence means destroyed and intercepted 144 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs' over the country's territory overnight from Monday into Tuesday, with 20 of them over the Moscow region.
Three Moscow airports - Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky - were reported to have been closed temporarily, with 48 flights diverted. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that debris from a downed UAV near Zhukovsky airport was being cleared.
The Ukrainian side has not commented on the reported drone attacks at time of publication. It has previously denied targeting civilian infrastructure.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.