Russia Military Shoots Down 32 Ukrainian Drones

Drone Attack in Moscow, Russia

by Admin

Nov 10, 2024

Two watch a house burn down in Stanovoye, Moscow after the Ukraine drone attack.

Ukraine launched its biggest UAV drone attack on Russia since the beginning of the war. The attack which targeted the Moscow province injured a 52-year-old woman and set two homes on fire in the village of Stanovoye.

Sergei Sobyanin, the Mayor of Moscow confirmed the attack and said “Thirty-two drones headed for Moscow have been destroyed”. He revealed this through his Telegram page.

The drones were shot down over the Moscow region in the Ramenskoye, Kolomna, and Domodedovo districts.

Russia’s defense ministry disclosed in a statement that it had shot down 23 Ukrainian drones over the Bryansk, Rostov, Belgorod, and Kursk regions, which share a border with Ukraine.

A video posted by the Russian media showed a house on fire, in the Ramenskoye district of Moscow.

Andrei Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region described the attack as  “Massive” and the woman who is the only victim of the attack has been moved to a hospital for treatment.

Andrei Klychkov, the governor of Orlov region, a town closer to Moscow, confirmed that the air defense shot down a total of 10 drones over his region on Sunday morning.

He further added that no one was injured during the attack. 

The Ukrainian military said that the attack was a response to the Thursday and Friday attacks carried out by the Russian air force in several parts of Southern Ukraine in which one person was killed and seven people were wounded.

The Russian military said its air force has responded to Ukraine’s attack with 92 drones and five glide missiles, while Ukraine confirmed that it downed four Russian missiles and 62 drones.

This is the largest UAV attack exchange between the two countries since the war broke out in 2022.