A massive attack of Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow was repulsed on the night of Sunday on Monday 26 November, reported the mer of the capital Sergei Sobianin. The Ministry of Defence reported that at least 20 UAVs were destroyed over the regions of Moscow, Tula, Kaluga and Briansk. In the Tule, the drone hit the facade of a multi-story building, 1 individual was somewhat injured.
"A massive drone attack was attempted tonight. So far, air defence forces have shot down UAVs in the Naro-Fominsk region and Odintsovo district, flying towards Moscow. Air Defence forces have besides managed to intercept and destruct respective UAVs in the Briansk, Tula and Kaluga regions.” – He wrote an early morning Sobian on his Telegram channel.
He added that according to preliminary data there were no casualties or serious damage. Latej Sobianin said that “another drone attempting to launch an attack on Moscow was shot down tonight by air defence forces in the territory of Podolsk city".
In another study by the Mayor of Moscow Air defence forces have been reported to have thwarted another effort to fly a drone over the capital – in Ramenskiy urban district. According to Sobian, after the fall of the remains, there was no harm or casualties.
Russian Ministry of Defence reportedthat at night ‘11 unmanned aircraft were destroyed over the territory of Moscow, Tulsk, Kałuski and Briansk regions by on-call air defence measures’. 9 more drones were destroyed this morning over the territories of the same regions – signal Ministry in a later statement.
Oblast politician Alexey Dyumin said 1 drone hit a residential block in Tule.
"On the night of 26 November, the attack of 2 drones was thwarted over the territory of the Tula region. Both were shot down by air defence measures of the Russian Ministry of Defence. 1 of them, after losing control, hit a residential block in Tule" – said Dyumin, quoted by the press service of the Tula government.
According to the head of the region, the windows in the 3 apartments were damaged, and 1 of the tenants received a slight cut from the glass fragment, but mostly the drone did not origin serious damage.
The politician of Moscow circuit Andrei Vorobjov reported 3 damaged buildings after an effort to attack a drone that was intercepted by air defence forces.
"Today's 5 UAV was intercepted by the Ministry of Defence Air Defence forces over 4 municipalities in the Moscow Oblast: Naro-Fominsk, Odintsovo, Ramenskoye and Podolsk districts. In 3 cases there was harm to structures on the ground, fortunately there were no fatalities or casualties" – wrote the head of the Moscow region on his Telegram channel.
The UAV attack was besides suppressed in the Smolensk Oblast, said the regional chief Vasily Anochin.
"This morning the Air Defence Force and the REB of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation suppressed the attack of unmanned aircraft in the Smolensk Oblast. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties. On-site operational services are working’ – He wrote Anokhin on his Telegram channel.
Chief of the territory of Brian Alexander Bogomaz He saidthat the air defence destroyed 2 unmanned aircraft over the Karaczewski and Brian circuits, there were no casualties or damage. The politician of the Kałuski Oblast, Vladislav Shapsha, made a akin statement: according to him, Ukrainian drones were shot down over the districts of Dzierżyński and Żukowski, without any damage.
Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denys Puszylin, reported a massive attack on the region's energy system, which caused any districts of the republic to be powerless.
"Many boiler rooms do not supply heat, rescue crews work. The government was ordered to work in staff mode. The situation is not easy, but by that time, energyists have already restored power in many localities, the work is ongoing" - he assured.
Ukrainian authorities besides study drone attacks in Ukraine. In particular, the Mer Kiev Vitali Klikko said on his Telegram channel that on the night of Sunday 25 November there was a "most mass" drone attack on the capital city of Ukraine. According to him, the air alarm in Kiev lasted six hours.
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