2023-11-26 21:29:00
(CNN) — Russia thwarted more than 20 drone attacks from Ukraine on its territory in the past day, including its capital Moscow, authorities said Sunday, a day following it launched the largest drone attack on Kyiv since the large-scale invasion began. scale.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, in the last 24 hours, 24 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the territories of Moscow, Tula, Kaluga, Bryansk and Smolensk provinces.
In addition, Russian air defenses intercepted 53 Ukrainian drones during the same period over Ukrainian areas under Russian control, according to the ministry. Among them were Kharkiv, Kherson, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).
“Seventeen HIMARS MLRS (multiple launch missile systems) projectiles were intercepted in the last 24 hours,” the ministry added.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated that no injuries or damage were reported as a result of the remains of the intercepted drones.
In Russia’s Tula region, one of the drones crashed into an apartment building, causing damage to windows and one person receiving a minor cut, according to Tula Governor Alexey Dyumin.
A targeted attack on the DPR damaged the power system and left parts of the region without electricity overnight, according to the head of the Russian-backed DPR, Denis Pushilin.
“The situation is difficult,” Pushilin said on Telegram this Sunday. And he added: “The work continues, everything possible is done to return heat and light to our citizens as soon as possible.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry also said Sunday that its air defenses destroyed two S-200 anti-aircraft missiles in the air over the Sea of Azov around 11 a.m. Moscow time (3 a.m. Miami time).
A municipal services worker sweeps debris in the yard of a preschool that was damaged by drones in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 25, 2023. (Credit: Global Images Ukraine/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images )
The strikes come following Russia launched the largest drone attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, since the start of its large-scale invasion, according to local officials. A Telegram message from the Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted 71 Shahed drones in six regions of Ukraine, the vast majority in the Kyiv region. He described the attack as a “record number” of drones.
The attack on Kyiv temporarily left 77 residential buildings and 120 establishments in the city center without electricity on Saturday, before power was restored later that day.
As the weather turns colder, Ukraine fears a repeat of last winter’s events, when Russia carried out a sustained campaign of attacks once morest its energy infrastructure.
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