Moscow, May 27 -- Russian lawmakers have passed a bill allowing trained bank employees to shoot down Ukrainian drones amid a rise in aerial attacks on Russian territory, TASS news agency reported.

The draft legislation, which also mandates banks to install electronic jamming systems, cleared its third and final reading in the lower house of the State Duma on Tuesday.

The measure would permit selected bank staff to intercept unmanned aerial vehicles, while banks would be required to fund and install the necessary equipment on their premises.

The bill comes amid the ongoing war following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with Kyiv increasingly carrying out drone strikes targeting Russian infrastructure, including energy facilities...