 Russian Defense Ministry is building new missile defense sites to protect Moscow from drone attacks. The Moscow city authorities and the Russian Defense Ministry are building new missile defense sites to protect the Russian capital from drone attacks in a matter of weeks, Mayor Sergei Sabyanin said. Last year, we built the largest and most powerful defense line for our military in the Special Operations Zone. This year, a lot has been done to defend Moscow from drones and terror attacks, which the Ukrainian government has been staging on almost a daily basis, the mayor said. Sabyanin went on to say that when the Russian Defense Ministry requested the Moscow government's assistance in rebuilding the capital's air defenses, the question of timeframes arose. I was asked, will it be finished in a month? And I replied, in 24 hours. Indeed, over the past few weeks we have been creating new air defense sites. Sometimes, air defense systems go into operation, sending missiles to shoot down drones when the newly laid asphalt under them is still hot, he added. According to Russian media since the start of 2023, there have more than 190 suspected attacks in Russia and in Russian annexed Crimea. In 2023 so far, drone attacks have been concentrated in the Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions in Russia near the western border with Ukraine, as well as in Russian annexed Crimea. Drones have reached the Moscow region, which is about 450 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly accused Ukraine of being behind drone strikes in recent months. Ukraine has unclaimed responsibility for these, although President Volodymyr Zelensky has previously said that attacks on Russian territory are an inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process.