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    Russia downs 111 Ukrainian drones in three hours, defence ministry says

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    MOSCOW, ​Dec 27 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said ⁠its air defence systems had intercepted and ‍destroyed 111 Ukrainian ​drones in three hours over six Russian ​regions, including eight over Moscow.

    The capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin said another ‌batch of 11 ‌drones were also later ​shot down en route to the ‌city.

    Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia ⁠said that Moscow's ‌Vnukovo and ​Sheremetyevo airports had imposed temporary restrictions on ⁠airspace ⁠due to security reasons.

    (Reporting ​by Reuters; Editing by ‌Andrew Cawthorne)

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