“It was one of the biggest attempts of all time to hit Moscow with drones,” commented the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergey Sobyanin. Telegram and Whatsapp down for a few hours
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Russian authorities say that Mosca he rejected Ukraine’s largest drone strike since the fighting began two and a half years ago. A total of 45 were destroyed overnight, including 11 in the Moscow region, 23 in the Bryansk region and six in Belgorod. Three were shot down over Kaluga and two over Kursk, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
“This was one of the biggest attempts of all time to attack Moscow using drones,” commented the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyaninon his Telegram channel. Sobyanin said that all the drones were destroyed thanks to the strong defenses set up around the capital.
According to Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz, a “mass” attack has taken place in the region. 23 drones have been intercepted and destroyed. The strikes come as Ukrainian forces continue to push into Russia’s western Kursk region.
L’Institute for the Study of War (ISW)a Washington-based think tank, said in its daily report that the Ukrainians had made further progress in their advance into Russian territory.
More evacuations in Kursk, Russia
The local authorities of Kursk they say that the number of citizens fled from the region has increased further, rising to 122,000 displaced people, departed from nine border regions since the start of the incursion. The data was released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry, which said it had delivered 12 tons of humanitarian aid to Kurchatov residents.
“The department’s employees sent food parcels to the affected areas and transported them to temporary shelters and humanitarian assistance centers,” an official statement from the ministry read. In total, About 2,500 tons of humanitarian aid arrived in the Kursk region.
On August 6, Ukrainian forces pushed into the region, capturing villages and taking hundreds of prisoners. The Kiev army has hit Russian bridges and engineering equipment on the Seym Riverin an area west of Kurst Oblast. But territorial gains in this area are only partially counterbalancing Russian advances in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass.
Inspection at the Kursk nuclear power plant
L’International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it plans to inspect the Kursk nuclear power plant in Russia at the end of August, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Moscow recently accused Kiev of planning an attack on the Kursk power plant as part of its ongoing incursion into the Russian region. Ukrainian authorities have denied the accusations.
Russia, Telegram and Whatsapp in fits and starts
Russia says Wednesday’s outage in Telegram and WhatsApp services was caused by a attacco DDoS (distributed denial-of-service)without identifying those responsible. The Communications Monitoring Service said the attack was repelled and messaging apps were back to normal. According to Russian media, other sites were also affected, including Wikipedia and Skype.
