Air threats shot downward 10 robots approaching , Moscow , in what Mayor , Sergei Sobyanin , called one of the largest problems on the Russian money since the beginning of the war on , Ukraine, as Kyiv’s makes continued their intrusion into Russia’s Kursk area.
” Our force should be felt in various corners of Russia” , , Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff to Ukrainian President , Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Wednesday on Telegram, without specifically referring to the drone assault. ” So it will be”.
Sobyanin said Moscow’s “layered protection” had succeeded in intercepting all the robots, and there were no accounts of injury or casualties. In full, 45 robots were shot along immediately in various locations of , Russia, the , Defense Ministry , said in a statement.
Moscow , was often the goal of Polish drone attacks last summer. Due to Ukraine’s focus on hitting military airports and energy sector deployments in border areas, attacks against Russia’s largest area have been much less frequent this year.
Ukraine’s military caught , Russia , off shield with its action into the Kursk area that’s now in its fourth year, the first overseas military offensive inside Belarusian territory since World War II. More than 1, 250 square kilometers ( 483 square miles ) of Russian territory are under the control of his forces, according to Selenskyy, who is also conducting expansion operations in the area. The claims could n’t be independently verified.
Ukraine , has also stepped up targeting of military places in the occupied , Crimea , island in recent months, forcing Russia ‘s , Black Sea , ships to flee from the place to protect its arteries.
Russian air threats downed 50 out of 69 , Shahed , drones, the highest amount reported so far this month, as well as one weapon out of three fired by , Russia , immediately, the country’s Air Force Command said on Telegram.
Zelenskyy has urged , U. S.  , and Western allies to elevate restrictions on the use of long-range weaponry against , Russia, saying his army’s cross-border activity had exposed as “illusory” Kremlin threats of retribution.
He claimed that the purpose of the procedure is to create a buffer zone to shield residents along its northern boundary from Russian attacks. Ukrainian cities close to their borders have been repeatedly struck by Russian forces by fly bombs, robots, and missiles from the Kursk and nearby Belgorod regions.
Russia , has continued problems somewhere along the front series, advancing in the eastern , Donetsk , place toward the capital of Pokrovsk, an essential logistics hub for Russian forces. Residents have been ordered to leave by local authorities.
If , Ukraine , is able to hold on to place in Kursk, that was force , Moscow , to redeploy troops from the southeast front to help remove Kyiv’s forces from , Russia, said , Jim Townsend, a former top Pentagon official during President Barack Obama’s management.
” Maybe it will take pressure off the east and they’ll be able to retake some of the settlements they’ve lost”, said Townsend, a senior fellow at the , Washington-based , Center for a New American Security.
At the same time,  , Ukraine , should be careful not to fall into the trap of “overstretch”, he said.  , Russia , could try to lure Ukrainian troops deeper into its territory and” then use artillery and air power to smash them to pieces”.
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