Moscow's mayor says 613 drones flew toward the capital region overnight as the Kremlin sets Ukraine talks for after November 4

Between 8:30 p.m. on October 28 and 7 a.m. on October 29, 613 drones flew toward the Moscow region, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, as quoted by the independent Russian channel Ostorozhno Novosti. He said Defense Ministry air defenses neutralized most of them at distant approaches and destroyed 231 as they approached Moscow. Russian state agency TASS reported that 170 drones were shot down over Kaluga region, southwest of the capital.

The attack disrupted air travel across central Russia. TASS separately reported that the airport in Penza resumed arrivals and departures after restrictions were lifted. Russian officials did not give a full account of damage, and Ukrainian authorities did not comment in the reports reviewed. Neither side's figures can be independently verified.

The attack came as Moscow set a schedule for diplomacy. Trilateral talks on Ukraine will take place after November 4, with no exact date set, BFM.ru reported. Yuri Ushakov, a foreign-policy aide to President Vladimir Putin, said Moscow was ready to resume the format with Ukraine and the United States after that date, Expert.ru reported. He said Putin had conveyed this to US envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg on October 21. Ushakov called the first round after the long pause "exploratory," and the sides are considering Abu Dhabi in mid-November.

Both sides have used strikes on each other's interior to strengthen their position before negotiations. Kyiv shows Moscow that the capital's transport system is exposed. Moscow publishes interception counts to show its defenses are working.