During the two-and-a-half-year-old war, Ukraine has launched its biggest ever drone attack on Russia, which Russia claims it foiled.
Officials of the Russian Defense Force claimed to have destroyed 11 drones in the Moscow region, while 45 drones were downed overnight across the country.
According to officials, of the 45 drones destroyed on Russian soil, 11 were destroyed in Moscow, 23 in the border region of Bryansk, 6 in Belgorod, 3 in Kaluga and 2 in the Kursk region.
He said that due to Moscow’s security system, the drone attacks could be successfully thwarted.
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He said that no one was reported injured in the attacks.
Russian media also showed footage of drones flying in the Moscow region early in the morning and fireballs being shot down by Russian defense forces.
However, contrary to Russian claims, the media reported that the Marinovka military airfield in the Volgograd region was heavily damaged and several planes were destroyed in the Ukrainian drone attack.
According to media reports, flights from Moscow’s Vinokova, Domodedova and Zhukovsky airports were affected for four hours due to drone attacks.