Ukraine unleashes over 900 drones in massive attack on 20 Russian regions
Photo: Explosions rocked various regions of Russia (mchs_official)
On the morning of October 14, Russian authorities officially acknowledged that Ukraine’s Defense Forces had carried out a large-scale attack on various regions, according to Russia's defense ministry.
The enemy’s defense agency stated that Ukraine launched an air attack on Russia at around 8:00 p.m. on October 13. It also added that the attack continued until 8:00 a.m. on October 14.
The Russian defense ministry traditionally does not disclose how many drones the Ukrainian Armed Forces used during the new massive attack. But it makes clear that the number exceeded 900.
It also claims that Russian air defense forces allegedly neutralized 902 Ukrainian drones over the territories of:
- Belgorod region;
- Bryansk region;
- Volgograd region;
- Voronezh region;
- Vladimir region;
- Kaluga region;
- Kursk region;
- Lipetsk region;
- Novgorod region;
- Oryol region;
- Rostov region;
- Ryazan region;
- Saratov region;
- Smolensk region;
- Tver region;
- Tula region;
- Moscow region;
- Krasnodar Krai;
- Stavropol Krai;
- occupied Crimea;
- the waters of the Sea of Azov.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces directed most of their attack drones specifically at Moscow and the capital region.
According to Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin, the number was 493 drones.
The pro-Kremlin Russian news agency TASS estimated that on the night of October 14, Ukraine carried out one of the largest attacks on Moscow and the surrounding region in the past two years.
Amid the threat of drone attacks, operations at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky airports were temporarily suspended. Vnukovo was closed the longest — for more than eight hours. Passengers were removed from all flights.
Russia publicly acknowledged violating the "energy truce” announced by US President Donald Trump on October 11.
We also reported on the new successes of Ukrainian troops as part of Operation Vivaldi.
