LONDON -- Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least 287 Ukrainian drones overnight into Thursday morning, soon after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy previewed more meetings with foreign partners regarding a possible peace deal. Forty of the drones were shot down over the Moscow region, 32 of which the Defense Ministry said were "flying toward Moscow." Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in posts to Telegram that emergency services had been dispatched to several sites where falling drone debris was reported. A spokesperson for Rosaviatsiya, Russia's federal air transport agency, said in posts to Telegram that temporary flight restrictions were introduced at all four of Moscow's airports. Russia also continued its own long-range strike campaign on Ukraine overnight.

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