Ukraine’s military launches one of largest overnight attacks on Russia over year

Russian Politics & Diplomacy October 29, 11:21

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defenses destroyed 1,214 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs over 19 constituent entities of Russia

MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. Ukraine’s military launched one of its largest overnight drone attacks on Russia over the year when Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 1,214 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as follows from TASS calculations based on the data of Russia’s Defense Ministry.

Overnight into October 29, air defenses destroyed 1,214 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs over 19 constituent entities of Russia, including the Moscow Region, according to the ministry.

The previous massive attack on Russia was registered overnight into October 18 when air defenses shot down 1,015 Ukrainian UAVs over Russian regions and the Black Sea.

The largest Ukrainian drone attack on Russia was recorded on September 20, the last day of vote at the elections to the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament) when air defenses intercepted and destroyed 1,951 enemy UAVs and eight missiles.

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