{"id":28206,"date":"2026-10-30T08:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28206"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:04:06","slug":"russia-says-it-destroyed-16-drones-heading-toward-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28206","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Russia Says It Destroyed 16 Drones Heading Toward Moscow<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian air defence forces destroyed 16 drones heading toward Moscow, the city\u2019s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, said.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Telegram on Friday, Sobyanin said the Defence Ministry\u2019s air defence forces had intercepted and destroyed the drones. 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