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Moscow mentioned on Sunday (September 1, 2024) that it had thwarted a “huge” drone assault in western Russia and one other on the capital.
“Our defenders are repelling an tried huge assault by unmanned aerial autos on the territory of the Bryansk area,” bordering Ukraine, regional governor Aleksandr Bogomaz mentioned.
At the least 26 drones had been “recognized and destroyed” by the Russian navy, inflicting no casualties or harm, Bogomaz mentioned on Telegram.
The regional governor mentioned on August 21 that the navy had thwarted an try by a Ukrainian “reconnaissance and sabotage group” to cross into Bryansk.
Russia’s neighboring Kursk has been the goal of a Ukrainian offensive since August 6.
5 drones launched towards the capital had been neutralized by Russian forces on Sunday night time, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin mentioned.
The raid got here greater than every week after Sobyanin described “one of many largest drone assaults ever carried out” on Moscow, with officers saying 11 plane had been destroyed.
Russian forces additionally shot down drones in a single day over the border areas of Belgorod and Voronezh, in addition to within the Lipetsk and Ryazan areas additional away from Ukraine, with native officers not offering exact figures.
“The home windows of three residential buildings in Belgorod had been broken. In a single non-public home, the utility constructing was fully destroyed,” mentioned Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Within the western Oryol area, Governor Andrey Klychkov mentioned a drone was intercepted.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian drones attacked two gas depots, setting them on fireplace within the Rostov area in southwestern Russia and the Kirov area within the north.
