The Russian military on the night of Sunday neutralized 93 drones over the regions of Russia, 19 of them – over the territory of the Moscow region, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said.
“during the last night from 23.30 Moscow time on July 19 to 7.00 Moscow time on July 20, 93 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were intercepted and destroyed on July 20,” follows from the publication in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Sunday, July 20.
The department clarified that 38 UAVs were neutralized over the territory of the Bryansk region, 19 UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region, including 16 UAVs flying to Moscow, 11 UAVs – above the territory of the Kaluga region, 8 UAVs above the territory of the Tula region, 5 UAVs above the territory of the Oryol region, 5 UAVs above the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region, 3 UPEs above the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod, above The Black Sea water area, 2 UAVs – above the territory of the Kursk region, 1 UAV – above the territory of the Belgorod region, 1 UAV – above the territory of the Ryazan region.
Against the backdrop of night attacks in the metropolitan airports “Sheremetyevo”, “Domodedovo”, “Zhukovsky”, “Vnukovo”, as well as at the airports of Nizhny Novgorod and Yaroslavl, temporary restrictions on the reception and production of aircraft.
The attacks of drones on the Russian regions began in 2022 against the backdrop of the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine.
Kyiv did not officially confirm its involvement, but in August 2023, an adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian president Mikhail Podolyak said that the number of UAVs of UAVs in Russia “will increase.”
In early March 2023, President Vladimir Zelensky said that the whole world sees the results of Ukraine’s use of drones of its own production in strategic objects in Russia. “I think everyone sees that our drones work. And they work long -range. Our range is a real approach of security for everyone,” said the head of the Ukrainian state in a video message after a massive attack of drones in the regions of the Russian Federation, including the Moscow region.
Zelensky emphasized that “Ukraine will apply the Russian state with return losses is quite fair.”