Russian air defences have successfully intercepted 250 drones within a day, with 12 of them targeting the Moscow region overnight, as per Russia’s Defence Ministry. Additionally, the air defences managed to take down a guided aerial bomb and a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft.
Russian forces have also struck Ukrainian energy facilities, ammunition depots, drone assembly sites, and 154 temporary deployment locations of the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries, the ministry reported. Furthermore, Russia’s Ministry of Defence unveiled a flight map and video footage showcasing the wreckage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) used in an attempted attack on the official residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The ministry displayed intercepted drone footage during a routine briefing, revealing black UAV fragments, wooden structural parts, and red electrical wiring scattered at the interception sites. Moreover, a detailed flight map was released, tracing the drones’ paths, indicating launch points in Ukraine’s Sumy and Chernihiv regions, with some crossing Russia’s Bryansk, Smolensk, and Tver regions before being neutralized.
The flight map highlights that some drones followed an eastward route, while others flew near the Russia-Belarus border through the Bryansk and Smolensk regions, later approaching the border between the Tver and Pskov regions. The ministry noted that interception points on the map show the drones were downed over the Bryansk, Smolensk, and Novgorod regions, emphasizing that the attempted attack caused no casualties or damage to Russian territory or the presidential residence.
