21 August 2024 at 04:28 Russia: Shot down 45 drones from Ukraine – no one injured On the night of Wednesday, Ukraine sent 45 “aircraft-like” drones against Russia, the Russian Ministry of Defense claims. All were shot down by Russian air defense, the Ministry of Defense writes on the messaging service Telegram on Wednesday morning. – Eleven drones were shot down over the Moscow region. Another 23 drones were shot down over the Bryansk region, it says. The rest were shot down over the regions of Belgorod, Kaluga and Kursk, they claim. – This is one of the biggest attempts to attack Moscow with drones ever, writes Moscow’s mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Telegram. There have been no reports of destruction or damage as a result of the attack. It has not yet been confirmed by independent sources, but has been mentioned by, among others, Reuters and the Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Independent. The latter points out that Ukraine’s defense has not commented on the attack.
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