MOSCOW, July 28, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - More than 390 drones targeted the Moscow 
region overnight, the Russian capital's mayor said Tuesday, hours before 
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet with US President 
Donald Trump.

"Between 8:30 pm (1730 GMT) and 6:30 am, more than 390 drones were flying 
towards the Moscow region. Most were neutralised by air defence forces well 
before reaching the city. 81 enemy UAVs were destroyed as they approached 
Moscow," Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram.

However, the Russian defence ministry later said that a total of 356 
Ukrainian drones had been downed over more than a dozen regions, including 
near the capital.

Neither the defence ministry or Sobyanin explained the discrepancy.

Moscow regional governor Andrey Vorobyov also reported that drone attacks 
damaged housing in the town of Chekhov and the Vaulovo village.

There were no immediate reports of any damage.

Ukraine has been ramping up its long-range counter-attacks on Russian energy, 
logistics and military sites -- a campaign Kyiv calls fair retaliation for 
Moscow's nightly barrages on its cities.