MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defences shot down eight drones en route to Moscow on Monday, the city's mayor said, a day after a Ukrainian strike on a power and heat station cut off heating for thousands outside the Russian capital.

Moscow authorities claimed that throughout Monday the Russian capital was targeted in an attempted drone attack. —.

An overnight drone strike triggered a fire at the Shatura power plant supplying Moscow, as Russia and Ukraine step up attacks on energy infrastructure amid a peace plan pushed by the Trump administration.

Moldova summoned Russia's ambassador on Wednesday to complain about the latest intrusion of drones into its airspace and urged Moscow to take measures to prevent further instances.

Moldova on Wednesday displayed a Russian drone that fell on its soil outside its foreign ministry as it summoned Moscow's envoy over the crash, in an overt criticism of Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine.

Several drones crashed into the plant’s grounds during the attack, while others were destroyed by air defense forces, local governor Andrey Vorobyov wrote on social media.

Romania scrambled fighter jets as two Russian drones crossed into the country's airspace from Ukraine on Tuesday.

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818

The Shatura Thermal Power Plant, named after Lenin, is a 1,500 MW thermal power plant. According to public records, it is one of the oldest power plants in Russia, having been founded in 1920. It supplies electricity and heat to part of the Moscow region.

Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Shatura Power Station near Moscow, causing a significant fire and leaving thousands without heating.

Ukraine launched a significant drone attack on Russia's Shatura Power Station in the Moscow region, causing a large fire and disrupting heating for th