Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight from Friday to Saturday, including two over Moscow city and nine over the surrounding Moscow region, the Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.
Forty-six of the drones were over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has sent troops in recent weeks in the largest incursion on Russian soil since World War II. Another 34 were over the Bryansk region, 28 over the Voronezh region and 14 over the Belgorod region — all of which border Ukraine.
Drones were also shot down deeper inside Russia, including in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow, and in the Ivanovo region, northeast of the Russian capital.
Ukrainian drone strikes have taken the fight far from the front lines into the heart of Russia. Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has stepped up airstrikes on Russian soil, targeting refineries and oil terminals in a bid to slow the Kremlin’s onslaught.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, eight of the 11 drones launched by Russia were shot down in Ukraine.
Five people were wounded in shelling in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, local officials said.
