Ukraine Sends Drones Towards Moscow, Russia Strikes Kharkiv, Officials Say
Russia said its air defenses downed most of 613 drones aimed at Moscow as Kharkiv sustained damage in a separate strike.
- Overnight on Thursday, Russian Air defence systems downed most of 613 drones launched toward Moscow, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported on Telegram.
- This massive assault follows a record attack in September during which air defence forces downed more than 1,600 drones targeting the Moscow area.
- Simultaneously, Russia targeted Kharkiv in Ukraine, damaging an educational institution, as Mayor Ihor Terekhov confirmed on Telegram.
- Of the 613 total, Sobyanin stated 231 UAVs were destroyed on approach to Moscow, with the remainder neutralized on distant approaches between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
- These strikes mark the latest in a series of major drone assaults targeting Moscow, with recent incidents also reported in Kotelniki on September 20, 2026.
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A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack hit the Moscow region on the night of October 28-29. According to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Russian air defenses destroyed a total of 166 unmanned aerial vehicles in several waves en route to the capital, and the attack also caused serious disruptions to air traffic in the region, Kyiv Independent reported.
Russia has shot down over a hundred attack drones that were aimed at Moscow during the night. This was stated by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in a post on Telegram. Air traffic around Moscow has reportedly been stopped. There are no reports of injuries, writes TT.
On Thursday night and into the early hours of the morning, Russian media, public groups and Moscow authorities reported drone attacks in the Russian capital and the Moscow region.
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