RIA Novosti, relying on information from the Defense Ministry, calculated that in October air defense forces repelled one of the most massive drone attacks.
As the ministry reported in the morning, overnight into Thursday the military intercepted and destroyed 808 Ukrainian drones.
October 18 became the record day for the number of downed vehicles - then air defense neutralized 1,015 aerial vehicles.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out one of the most massive drone attacks on Moscow since the start of autumn. According to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, from 20:30 Wednesday, 630 drones flew toward the region. Most of them were destroyed at long range, 163 - on the approach to the city.
The head of the capital specified that in the Voronovo area in New Moscow two people were injured, and they were given the necessary assistance.