Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) targeted nine Russian regions in the attack, which saw oil depots struck.
Ukrainian drones targeted sites in nine Russian regions, including two energy facilities, in an overnight barrage thought to be Kyiv’s biggest since the start of the war, according to reports and social media posts from Russian authorities.
While Moscow has accused Ukraine of repeated drone strikes on its territory, Monday night’s strikes appear to have been on a larger scale. In August 2023, UAV attacks on six Russian regions including Moscow were reported as the biggest drone strikes since the start of the war.
Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that air defenses had destroyed and intercepted 25 Ukrainian drones overnight in the Moscow, Leningrad, Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Tula and Oryol regions. The authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod and Voronezh regions also reported drone attacks.
There have been multiple reports of oil depots catching fire or railways being sabotaged across Russia, especially in recent months.
