Moscow: Ukraine showed courage and carried out a drone attack on the Russian capital Moscow on Wednesday. During this, Ukraine's attacking drones reached 38 kilometers close to the Kremlin, the office and residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed to have destroyed 11 drones in the sky. This is considered to be the biggest attack on Moscow in the war that has been going on since February 2022. There is no report of any damage to Russia in this drone attack.
The Russian Defense Ministry has said that a total of 45 Ukrainian drones were destroyed on Wednesday. Of these, 11 were destroyed in the skies of Moscow and 23 in the border Bryansk region. While six drones were destroyed in Belgorod, three in Kaluga and two in Kursk region. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said that some drones were destroyed over the Podolsk suburb. This suburb is just 38 kilometers away from the office and residence of the Russian President.
The biggest drone attack on Moscow
The mayor said, this was the biggest drone attack on Moscow but our security system foiled it. During this time, there was limited movement of aircraft from all three airports of Moscow for four hours. While Ukraine has claimed to have destroyed the S-300 air defense system in Russia's Rostov region in the latest attack.
On August 6, Ukraine suddenly intensified the war by sending thousands of its soldiers 35 kilometers inside the Russian border area of Kursk. Ukraine has claimed to have blown up three bridges there to break Russia's supply line. The attack by the Ukrainian army in Kursk is the first and the biggest attack on Russia since World War II.
All types of attacks intensify in Ukraine
Russia has also launched a counter-battle in Kursk and has intensified all kinds of attacks in eastern Ukraine. Drones, artillery and tanks are being used extensively in this battle. For the past several months, Ukraine has been attacking Russian oil refineries, airstrips and other important sites with drones and causing damage to them.
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