US EditionRussia says it downed 142 Ukrainian drones, including 27 over Moscow region
RUSSIA, JUL 21 – Russia’s air defence shot down 142 Ukrainian drones overnight, disrupting Moscow’s airports and causing over 140 flight cancellations, officials said.
- On July 20, 2025, Russia’s defence ministry reported it had downed 142 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 27 over the Moscow region.
- July has seen both sides expand long-range drone strikes amid stalled ceasefire talks, according to Russian and Ukrainian sources.
- The interceptions took place over at least nine Russian regions, with occupied Crimea and the Black Sea, according to Russia’s defence ministry.
- Flight disruptions rippled through Moscow’s airports as drones struck overhead, and Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia reported 134 flights were redirected at Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovskiy.
- The most intense barrage saw 93 drones downed between 11:30 p.m. and 7 a.m., and Russia’s defence ministry said this marked one of the highest-volume drone operations to date.
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Ukraine has put Russia under pressure with a massive drone offensive. Around 30 drones were intercepted via Moscow alone – as many as never before. Moscow had to lock airports, damage to houses occurred. Russia also attacked Ukraine again, at least one person died.
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The Ukrainian army headquarters recorded 56 combats with the Russian forces on Sunday, of which almost a third took place in the Pokrovsk Oblast, in the east of the country. In Russia, at least 13 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the day as Moscow approached, according to the mayor of the Russian capital.
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At least 140 flights were also canceled.
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