Moscow: Russian air defence downed 402 Ukrainian drones and seven guided aerial bombs over the past day, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said that 91 drones were destroyed overnight, with most of them in the border regions of Belgorod and Kursk and eight over the Moscow region.
Russia and Ukraine have intensified drone attacks recently. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia launched 101 drones overnight, adding that about 1,270 drones and 39 missiles were registered over the past week, Xinhua news agency reported. Earlier on July 6, Russian air defence forces shot down six Ukrainian drones attempting to attack Moscow, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin had said.
Specialists from emergency services are working at the crash sites of the debris, Sobyanin wrote in his Telegram channel. According to the Mayor, thousands of drones had been launched at Moscow over the past months. He further added that in the end, only a handful managed to reach and fall in Moscow. (IANS)
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