Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Forty-six of the drones were over the Kursk region, area Ukraine has beatific its armament in Contempo weeks in the better aggression on Russian clay back World War II. An added 34 were attempt over the Bryansk region, 28 over the Voronezh region, and 14 over the Belgorod arena all of which bound Ukraine.
Drones were additionally attempting bottomward added into Russia, including one anniversary in the Taver region, northwest of Moscow, and the Ivanovo region, northeast of the Russian capital. Russia’s Defense Ministry said drones were intercepted over 15 regions, while one added governor said a bombinate was attempt bottomward over his region, too.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that falling bits from one of the two drones attempt bottomward over the burghal acquired a blaze at an oil refinery.
Ukrainian bombinate strikes accept brought the action far from the advanced band into the affection of Russia. Back the alpha of the year, Ukraine has stepped up aeriform assaults on Russian soil, targeting refineries and oil terminals to apathetic bottomward the Kremlin’s assault.