{
  "id": 1632218,
  "title": "Ukraine-Krieg: Bürgermeister: Moskau mit Hunderten Drohnen attackiert",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ukraine-krieg-burgermeister-moskau-mit-hunderten-drohnen-attackiert",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T04:00:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/ukraine-krieg-buergermeister-moskau-mit-hunderten-drohnen-attackiert/100247885.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Moscow, Russia experienced a wave of relentless drone attacks originating from Ukrainian airspace during the early hours of Monday morning, as reported by the state news agency Tass. According to the city's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, a staggering 620 drones targeted the Moscow region between Monday night and Tuesday morning. The majority of these unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted by the city's air defense systems in their initial approach, with an additional 180 drones subsequently being shot down within the Moscow airspace. However, independent verification of these figures has yet to be conducted. The Ukrainian military has been conducting frequent attacks on the Russian capital region almost daily since the war began in February 2022. Sobyanin revealed that in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, nearly 600 drones had targeted Moscow, resulting in at least one fatality and several injuries. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated in February 2022, with Russia invading Ukraine and subsequently launching airstrikes on Ukrainian cities employing various weapons including ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, glide bombs, and drones. Ukraine, supported by Western allies, has been retaliating with Western-made drones and a substantial number of cruise missiles against Russian territory.",
  "summary": "Es soll die schwerste Angriffswelle auf die russische Hauptstadtregion seit zwei Jahren sein. Die meisten Drohnen will die Luftabwehr schon im Anflug abgeschossen haben.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}