Facing pressure from President Trump to halt all attacks on Russian refineries, Ukraine's Zelensky is perhaps getting his last licks in. Overnight Ukraine sent a record number of drones into Russian territory, with Russia's military saying it intercepted over 1,200 drones across the country.
This means that in total that many hundreds more were likely launched, or possibly even thousands, as part of the long-running Ukrainian UAV strategy of overwhelming Russian air defenses.
The Moscow region was once again heavily targeted, with the city's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claiming that 613 drones had been sent on the capital area alone.
via dpa“The majority were neutralized by the Ministry of Defense’s air defense forces at a great distance. 231 drones were destroyed as they approached Moscow,” Sobyanin said.
Operations at capital region's airports were once halted due to the inbound threat, including at Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky - but by morning the restrictions were lifted.
Significantly, the attack happened as currently more than 22 foreign leaders are being hosted at the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow, which has also had President Putin's participation.
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