MOSCOW (Shahid Ghumman): Russia’s Ministry of Defence has claimed that the Ukrainian army carried out one of this year’s biggest drone attacks on various regions of Russia late at night, during which the Russian air defence system shot down 1,214 Ukrainian drones.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, on the night between 28 and 29 October, the air defence system targeted and destroyed Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned drones in 19 regions of Russia. These regions included the Moscow Region.
According to figures released by the Russian Ministry of Defence, this was one of the biggest drone attacks on Russia this year.
Earlier, on the night between 17 and 18 October, the Ukrainian army had carried out large-scale drone attacks, during which Russian air defence reported shooting down 1,015 Ukrainian drones.
According to Russian figures, the biggest Ukrainian drone attack on Russia this year was recorded on 20 September, which was the last day of voting in the elections to the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament.
During that attack, Russian air defence had claimed destroying 1,951 Ukrainian drones and eight missiles.
According to fresh figures released by the Russian Ministry of Defence on 29 October, the recent attack counts among this year’s biggest aerial attacks, in which 19 regions of Russia, including the Moscow Region, were targeted.
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