Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over the city of Moscow and nine over the surrounding Moscow region, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Forty-six of the drones were over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has sent its forces in recent weeks in the biggest incursion of Russian soil since World War II.
Another 34 were over the Bryansk region, 28 over the Voronezh region and 14 over the Belgorod region – all of which border Ukraine.
Drones were also shot down deeper into Russia, including one each in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow, and the Ivanovo region, northeast of the Russian capital.
Ukrainian drone strikes have taken the fight far from the front lines into the heart of Russia
Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has stepped up airstrikes on Russian soil, targeting refineries and oil terminals to slow the Kremlin’s offensive.
In Ukraine, eight drones were shot down out of eleven launched by Russia, according to the authority Ukrainian Air Force.
Five people were injured in shelling in the country’s northeastern Kharkiv region, local officials said.