The Russian army’s anti-aircraft forces repelled a Ukrainian drone attack and shot down at least 32 planes heading towards the Russian capital.
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More than 1,400 Russian bombs, drones or missiles launched in a week
Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky said today that Russia attacked Ukraine over the past seven days with more than 1,400 air attack devices, including guided bombs, drones and missiles.
“This week, our air defense worked day and night to protect the skies over Ukraine from Russian terrorism,” Zelensky said in a message posted on his Telegram channel, listing the systems the Russian Federation used in its airstrikes over the past seven days. .
“This week it used more than 800 guided bombs, around 600 attack drones and almost 20 missiles of various types,” added Zelensky, who also referred to the Russian attack that occurred in the early hours of today.
In this drone attack, the Russian Federation used 145 devices. According to the Ukrainian air force, 62 of the drones were shot down.
In total, “67 drones were lost in various regions of Ukraine” and “another 10 drones left Ukrainian airspace towards Moldova, Belarus and the Russian Federation,” Ukrainian authorities said.
“Odessa and other regions suffered from the attack of the occupiers. Residential buildings and private property were destroyed,” according to the military General Staff, adding that there was no loss of life and that assistance was provided to the victims.
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Russia says it has shot down 70 Ukrainian drones, half in the Moscow region
The Russian Defense Ministry announced today that it shot down a total of “70 Ukrainian drones”, almost half of which were in the Moscow region, in the largest attack on the capital since the start of the conflict in 2022.
In a note published on Telegram, the Russian military states that, in addition to 34 drones near the capital, drones were neutralized in the neighboring regions of Kaluga (seven) and Tula (two) and in three regions bordering Ukraine: Bryansk (14 ), Oriol (seven) and Kursk (six).
According to the Russian command, the drones were shot down by air defense between 7 and 10 a.m. this morning (between 4 and 7 a.m. in Lisbon).
Following the end of the air alert, Rosaviatsia, the Russian federal civil aviation agency, announced that the Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Sheremetyevo airports had resumed operations.
According to the federal agency, 36 flights to these destinations were diverted during the drone attacks.
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Russia rejects the attack on Moscow by more than 30 Ukrainian drones
The Russian army’s anti-aircraft forces today repelled a Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow region, shooting down at least 32 planes heading towards the Russian capital, according to the mayor of Moscow.
“So far, 32 drones flying towards Moscow have been shot down,” Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Telegram.
According to the Spanish agency EFE, the explosions began to be heard around 8:30 a.m. local time (5:30 a.m. in Portugal) south of the Russian capital, as a result of anti-aircraft fire and the impact of drones.
The drones were shot down over the neighborhoods of Ramenskoe, Domodedovo and Kolomna and forced the temporary closure of the Domodedovo international airport and the Zhukovsky civil and military airfield.
Sheremetyevo International Airport, north of the capital, also limited its operations.
Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 23 drones had been shot down over Russian territory during the night: 17 over the Bryansk region, three over Rostov, two over Belgorod and one over the Kursk region, partially occupied by the Ukrainian army since last August. .
The attack comes as Russia hosts diplomats and senior officials from some 50 African countries in the southwestern city of Sochi for a ministerial conference.
Russia reports shooting down Ukrainian drones over its territory almost daily, but they rarely target the Russian capital.
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