Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported on his Telegram channel that more than 30 drones were shot down on approach to Moscow between midnight and noon on May 7. No casualties or damage were reported; the posts said only that "emergency services personnel were working at the sites where debris had fallen."

Russian authorities have progressively restricted internet access across the country over the past year, culminating in the recent blocking of Telegram, Russia's most widely used messenger application. While the Kremlin justifies these measures as necessary to prevent drone attacks, analysts assess the restrictions as part of a wider campaign to control information flow and limit dissent during the Ukraine conflict.