Downing of at least 24 Ukrainian drones in one day
| The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported on Sunday (today) that the country's defense shot down at least 24 Ukrainian drones over the regions of Russia and Ukraine over the past day. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, less than a day after the largest Russian drone attack on the capital of Ukraine, Russian officials announced the unsuccessful attempt of Kiev to organize a drone attack on Russian positions.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced on Sunday (today) by publishing a statement that the defense of this country was able to shoot down a total of 24 Ukrainian drones over Moscow, Bryansk, Smolensk and Tula in the last 24 hours.
According to the news agency Tass, the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Russia states that around 09:00: At 30 am Moscow time, the “Kiev regime’s attempt to carry out a terrorist attack” on facilities in the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented. On Saturday (yesterday), the authorities of this country announced the largest attack by Moscow drones on Kiev since the beginning of the war.
Ukraine officials said that following the attack of more than 70 Russian drones in 24 hours. At least five people were injured in the past to the capital of Ukraine. It was said that this wave of drone attacks started in the early hours of Saturday and the air strike warning lasted for 6 hours. The recognition of the independence of the two republics of Luhansk and Donetsk from Ukraine, announced the beginning of “special military operations in Ukraine”. Moscow has announced its goal of this action is to de-Nazify Ukraine, disarm this country, solve its security concerns and respond to Luhansk and Donetsk’s request for help.
The Ukrainian government, but the independence of Donetsk and It has not recognized Luhansk and has called Russia’s military presence an “aggression and attack on its territorial integrity”.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced in its statement today that the country’s defense against Ukrainian drones targeted and shot down. This ministry initially called the number of Ukrainian drones as 11, but an hour later announced that a total of 24 drones were shot down.
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