600+ drones target Moscow Oblast in major overnight raid
A total of 620 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow Oblast overnight on August 18, marking one of the largest aerial assaults on the Russian capital region, according to Russian officials and local monitoring groups.
On August 18, Ukrainian forces deployed a staggering 620 drones in a major overnight assault targeting Moscow Oblast, as confirmed by Russian officials and local monitoring groups. The assault, one of the largest aerial attacks on the Russian capital region, prompted Moscow Oblast Governor Andrey Vorobyov to declare the strike "massive" and report that Russian air defenses managed to shoot down 150 drones.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin echoed the figure, stating that between 5:00 p.m. on Monday and 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 620 drones were directed at the capital region, with 180 believed to have been intercepted by air defenses. However, Russian authorities refrained from disclosing the full scope of damage or casualties, only noting that emergency services were mobilized to the crash sites.
In response to the attack, temporary flight restrictions were imposed at Moscow's Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Sheremetyevo airports.
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