An official in the Russian capital said he shot down at least 12 drones, ABC News reported. This is one of the largest UAV attacks since the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out.
The Air Force of the Russian Ministry of Defense shot down 10 drones on the night of August 20 and two more drones on the morning of August 21, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin informed.
ABC News said it was unclear how many drones and missiles were launched in the latest attack on Moscow.
The attack on the Russian capital took place in the context of Ukrainian forces launching an attack on Russia's Kursk province.
On August 20, Russian officials had to extinguish a large fire in the Rostov region caused by an oil warehouse fire caused by a Ukrainian drone attack. The fire lasted for the third consecutive day and spread over an area of 10,000 m2 in the town of Proletarsk.
There were 500 firefighters involved in firefighting operations and 41 people were hospitalized for injuries, TASS quoted local officials as saying.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has claimed responsibility for the attack on an oil depot serving the Russian military in Rostov.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that the bold attack on Kursk was launched two weeks ago to create a buffer zone that could prevent further Russian attacks in the border area.
Mr. Zelensky said that the Ukrainian army has captured 1,250 square kilometers and 92 settlements in Russia's Kursk province.
