anti-aircraft defenses russian They shot down 660 last night drones long-range Ukrainian forces over twelve regions of Russiathe annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimealos Black seas y Azovin the largest attack of this type since the beginning of the guerra.
“Overnight, anti-aircraft defenses intercepted and annihilated 660 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported on MAX, the Russian messaging network.
This is the largest attack, after those carried out on May 17 (556), June 18 (555) and March 25 (389). It is estimated that the average number of daily attacks is around 220-223.
In June alone, which has been a record for shootdowns, around 9,700 long-range Ukrainian drones have already been shot down.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyaninreported overnight the downing of 47 drones heading to the Russian capital, while Dmitri Miliáyevthe governor of Tulaa region located 200 kilometers south of Moscow, indicated that 84 Ukrainian drones were neutralized.
In this region, Ukrainian drones damaged a high-voltage line and an industrial company in the town of Novomoskovskaccording to Milyáyev.
According to the independent Russian Telegram channel Astra, the Azot chemical plant, specialized in the manufacture of fertilizers and whose production is used for the production of explosives, was attacked in this town.
Influence operation
The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskiannounced the day before a 40-day “influence operation” by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to pressure the Kremlin to end the war.
Zelensky stressed that in recent months the SBU has displayed the “highest performance” when defending Ukrainian positions on the front through the use of various types of drones.
In addition, it reported this Thursday a new round of long-distance attacks against enemy energy infrastructure, which reached oil deposits in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar and two refineries in the city of Ufa.
In his address to the nation on Wednesday, the Ukrainian president said that more than 60 Russian regions suffer from a shortage of combustible due to the almost daily attacks with Ukrainian drones on the refining and storage infrastructures of oil Russian.
