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Nearly 9,000 Ukrainian Drones Targeted Moscow in August, Mayor Says
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Nearly 9,000 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow and the surrounding region throughout August, according to a statement by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, as reported by The Moscow Times on September 2.
He stated that between 8:30 a.m. on August 1 and 8:30 a.m. on September 1, a total of 8,670 drones flew toward the Moscow region.
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He claimed that air defense forces intercepted the vast majority of the unmanned aerial vehicles before they reached the outer areas of the Russian capital, with 795 drones destroyed as they approached the city itself.
Sobyanin did not state how many drones managed to penetrate air defense layers around Moscow, nor did he provide information regarding casualties or damage caused by falling debris.
He published an animated video displaying flight paths representing drones launched toward Moscow along the entire Ukrainian-Russian border.
August 18 marked one of the largest drone strikes against Moscow since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
According to Sobyanin, nearly 650 drones were launched toward the city in a single night during that operation.
The statement follows a warning issued by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to airlines and insurance companies, stating that Ukrainian drones have effectively closed off Russian airspace.
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