The Kremlin announced the measures taken in advance against the background of the attack by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian Federation

All measures and preparatory measures were carried out in advance, which makes it possible to protect Moscow and other regions of the country from external attacks. This was announced on March 11 by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

"All preparatory measures and activities were carried out in advance, in advance. And this makes it possible to ensure the protection of Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as many other regions," he said at a briefing.

This is how he commented on the massive attack on the Russian regions on March 11, carried out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

A massive UAV attack on Moscow and the region. What is known by this hour

On March 11, the Air Defense forces destroyed 337 Ukrainian UAVs over the regions of the Russian Federation. Later, Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been informed of a massive attack.

A criminal case has been opened into the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Moscow region on the grounds of a crime under paragraph "b" of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act").