Russian authorities announced this Friday the shooting down of nearly 500 drones launched in recent hours by the Ukrainian Army, without commenting on possible victims or damages, amid the increase of these waves of attacks from Kiev following the war unleashed in February 2022 by the invasion order signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense specified in a statement on social media that its air defense systems have destroyed 490 unmanned aerial vehicles in various regions, including Moscow, as well as over the Black Sea waters and the Crimean Peninsula, annexed in 2014 – a step not recognized by the international community -.
Ukrainian forces have increased their drone attacks in recent weeks, which has led Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to ask international airlines to cease their operations in the country arguing that Russian airspace will be “effectively closed” due to these waves of attacks.
