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Russia’s Defense Ministry has reported foiling a “terrorist attack” by Ukrainian forces against targets in Bryansk Region on Friday.   Russian air defense systems reportedly intercepted three Ukrainian plane-type drones, two of which were destroyed in the air, according to a statement issued on the ministry’s Telegram channels on Friday. Earlier in the …

Multiple attempted attacks by Ukrainian maritime drones on the strategic bridge which links the Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland were foiled on Friday evening and early Saturday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry has claimed. “On September 1, at about 11:15pm Moscow time, the Kiev regime attempted to launch a terrorist …

Two Ukrainian “attack drones” have been destroyed by air defenses near the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in the early hours of Tuesday. One UAV was shot down over the city of Krasnogorsk, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Moscow, while another one was downed over the village …

Russia has shot down seven Ukrainian drones as they traveled over Kaluga Region, civilian and military officials report. Kiev recently attempted two UAV attacks on the Russian capital. The interception of six UAVs was first reported on Thursday morning by the region’s governor, Vladislav Shapsha, who said the aircraft were …

The Russian military has thwarted an attempted mass drone strike on critical infrastructure in the east of the Crimean Peninsula, according to the Defense Ministry, which claimed dozens of drones had been shot down or suppressed electronically overnight. “Seventeen Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems. Eleven more UAVs …

Five drones were shot down overnight over Russia’s Crimea, and four others were intercepted by means of electronic warfare and forced to land, the region’s leader Sergey Aksyonov has said. One of the destroyed UAVs crashed in the city of Dzhankoy in the north of the peninsula, Aksyonov said. Windows …

Over ten Ukrainian drones attempted to strike Crimea, Russia on Saturday night, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has said. The attack was repelled, and no damage was caused by the UAVs. In a Telegram message posted on Sunday, Razvozhaev reported that one drone had lost control and crashed in the woods; …

Moscow regards Tuesday’s incident in which an American drone crashed in the Black Sea as a provocation, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said after being summoned to the State Department in Washington. Antonov met with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, who protested the “unsafe and unprofessional …

A convoy of trucks was attacked by drones at the al-Qaim crossing on the Syria-Iraq border on Sunday, Al Arabiya reported citing “opposition activists and a pro-government radio station.” The crossing is purportedly controlled by Iranian fighters. According to Al Arabiya, 25 vehicles had crossed the border before the attack. Six refrigerator trucks …

The fact that the smaller kamikaze drones used by Russia are much cheaper than the Ukrainian air defense missiles used against them is creating problems for Kiev and its Western backers, the New York Times has acknowledged.   In an article on Tuesday, the paper didn’t question Kiev’s claims that most …