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Russian air defenses downed and jammed multiple combat drones that were moving in the direction of Moscow while another batch neared the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed.
Two Ukrainian combat drones headed for Moscow were shot down, Russian officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital. The strikes are at least the third attack near Moscow within a week, with Ukrainian drones downed on Sunday, in the Podolsky district on the capital's outskirts, and Monday, near the Kaluga region, according to Russian officials.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has claimed that Russian air defence forces downed two drones in Moscow Oblast on the night of 8-9 August. Source: Sobyanin on Telegram Quote: "Two combat drones tried to enter the city.
Ukrainian Air Defence Forces, repelling Russian attacks from the evening of 5 August to the morning of 6 August, have destroyed 13 Kalibr cruise missiles, 17 Kh-101/Kh-555 and 27 Shahed-136/131 combat drones.
Russian forces launched 65 various missiles against Ukraine, as well as 178 combat drones, including 87 Iranian-made Shahed drones, over the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 6.