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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones in a single day from Friday to Saturday, together with two over Moscow metropolis and 9 over the encompassing Moscow area, the Protection Ministry reported on Sunday.
Forty-six of the drones have been over the Kursk area, the place Ukraine has despatched troops in current weeks within the largest incursion on Russian soil since World Warfare II. One other 34 have been over the Bryansk area, 28 over the Voronezh area and 14 over the Belgorod area — all of which border Ukraine.
Drones have been additionally shot down deeper inside Russia, together with one within the Tver area, northwest of Moscow, and one within the Ivanovo area, northeast of the Russian capital. Russia’s Protection Ministry stated drones have been intercepted in 15 areas, whereas one other governor stated a drone was additionally shot down over his area.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated falling particles from one among two drones shot down over town prompted a hearth at an oil refinery.
Ukrainian drone strikes have taken the combat removed from the entrance traces into the guts of Russia. Because the starting of the yr, Ukraine has stepped up airstrikes on Russian soil, concentrating on refineries and oil terminals in a bid to gradual the Kremlin’s onslaught.
In the meantime, Russia’s Protection Ministry stated Sunday it had taken management of the cities of Pivnichne and Vyimka in Ukraine’s Donetsk area. The Related Press couldn’t independently confirm the declare.
Russian troops have pushed deeper into the partially occupied jap territory, the entire conquest of which is likely one of the Kremlin’s important ambitions. The Russian military is approaching Pokrovska vital logistical hub for Ukrainian protection within the space.
Eight of 11 drones launched by Russia have been shot down in Ukraine in a single day, the Ukrainian Air Pressure stated.
One particular person was killed and 4 wounded in shelling within the Sumy area, native officers stated, whereas Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov stated 5 individuals have been wounded in shelling in his area.
