Mayor describes ‘one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow’ as Russia says it destroyed 45 drones
Ukraine has carried out one of its biggest drone attacks on Moscow, as Ukrainian troops continue to advance in Russia’s Kursk region, with probing raids on frontline towns and villages.
“This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow using drones ever,” the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, wrote early on Wednesday on the Telegram messaging app.on the use of western weapons against airbases and other strategic objects within Russia. These ballistic and cruise missiles including the UK’s Storm Shadow can only be used up to Russia’s border areas.
Russia makes extensive use of drones itself and regularly bombards Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. In a briefing, Syrskyi revealed that Moscow had fired 11,879 missiles and drones at Ukraine since the beginning of the 2022 invasion. Only 43% were shot down, he said. He added that around half were aimed at civilian targets.said remotely operated drones destroyed four Ukrainian armoured vehicles heading towards Glushkovo, a village in the Kursk region.
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