Key Points and Summary – Moscow faced its third drone barrage this week, forcing three of its busiest airports—Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky—to temporarily halt all flights for safety. -Moscow’s mayor claimed 34 drones were intercepted over the weekend alone.

Ukraine launched drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, disrupting air traffic across the country and sending several drones towards Moscow for the third night in a row, Russian authorities claimed on Wednesday 29 October.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said emergency services were working at the sites where debris fell. State propaganda agency RIA Novosti reported that Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports had suspended flights.

A major fire ripped through the oil depot after it was hit by Ukrainian drones during a ferocious overnight bombardment.

Ukraine targeted Moscow with drone attacks for the second night in row, the Russian defence ministry and Moscow's mayor said on Tuesday.

At Vnukovo, five flights were delayed in arrival and departure and one was canceled. Restrictions were imposed in Domodedovo, as well as in Volgograd, Kaluga, Saratov and Yaroslavl. More recently, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote that air defense forces shot down six drones in total over the Moscow region.

Russia's defence ministry said on Monday that it had intercepted 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of Kyiv's largest retaliatory attacks in over three years of war with its neighbour. Most of the

Russian air defences shot down dozens of Ukrainian drones heading to Moscow and downed nearly 160 more over other regions in attacks that killed at least one and injured five others, Russian officials said on Monday.

Vladimir Putin says Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone.

A spate of recent incidents involving Russian-linked ships has put the spotlight on the sea as an increasingly important element in Moscow's hybrid warfare strategy targeting Europe.

Explosions have been reported in the city of Moscow and Moscow Oblast due to a drone attack, with Russian authorities announcing that 30 drones have been heading towards the capital. Source: Astra Telegram channel;