Russia claims 288 Ukrainian UAVs intercepted in 12 hours
Russia claimed its air defenses intercepted 288 Ukrainian drones during a 12-hour wave of attacks on Sept. 19, with UAV activity reported across numerous Russian regions, Russian-occupied Crimea and the Black Sea.
Russian air defenses intercepted 288 Ukrainian drones during a 12-hour attack wave on September 19, according to the country's Defense Ministry. The ministry reported the numbers on Telegram on September 19. The drones were intercepted over several Russian regions, Russian-occupied Crimea, and the Black Sea. The ministry claimed drones were targeted in Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Kaluga, Oryol, Tula, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir oblasts, the Moscow region, and Krasnodar Krai.
They also stated drones were intercepted over Russian-occupied Crimea and the Black Sea. However, the ministry did not provide details on the potential impacts, damages, or consequences of the attacks. The drone attacks continued into the night and early hours of September 20, with another major wave targeting Moscow and other regions.
The attacks coincided with Russia's State Duma election, which took place between September 18 and 20 as part of the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denounced the Russian elections in occupied territories as illegal and without any democratic value, stating that the voting in occupied Crimea and parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson oblasts had no legal consequences.
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