{"id":2335225,"date":"2024-09-01T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-says-it-downed-over-150-drones-in-one-of-the-biggest-ukrainian-drone-attacks-of-the-war-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T17:51:11","slug":"russia-says-it-downed-over-150-drones-in-one-of-the-biggest-ukrainian-drone-attacks-of-the-war-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-says-it-downed-over-150-drones-in-one-of-the-biggest-ukrainian-drone-attacks-of-the-war-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says it downed over 150 drones in one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks of the war &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-says-it-downed-over-150-drones-in-one-of-the-biggest-ukrainian-drone-attacks-of-the-war-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2335225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry reported that its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strikes-back-at-syria-after-missile-defense-shield-fails\/\" title=\"Israel Strikes Back At Syria After Missile Defense Shield Fails\">air defenses intercepted<\/a> and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones in one of the most significant drone attacks during the ongoing conflict.\u200c The aerial assault affected multiple \u2063regions, including\u200c two drones shot down over Moscow and \u200cothers across bordering areas such as Kursk, Bryansk, Voronezh, and Belgorod. In Kursk, where Ukraine has increased its military operations, 46 drones were downed. Debris from one of the intercepted drones \u2062reportedly caused a\u2064 fire\u2064 at an oil refinery in Moscow. The intensity of these drone strikes illustrates Ukraine&#8217;s strategy\u2064 to\u2064 extend the conflict\u200b beyond the\u200d front lines and disrupt \u2064Russian resources. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irs-extends-deadlines-for-taxpayers-affected-by-israel-terror-attacks\/\" title=\"IRS extends tax deadlines for Israel terror attack victims.\">missile \u200battacks<\/a> in the Belgorod region resulted in injuries to 11 people. Meanwhile, \u200cRussia claimed to have \u2064taken \u200ccontrol of towns \u2064in Ukraine&#8217;s Donetsk region, a statement that remains unverified by independent sources.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Russia says it downed over 150 drones in one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks of the war<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1732297\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russian<\/a> air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukrainian<\/a> drones overnight, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Forty-six of the drones were over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has sent its forces in recent weeks&nbsp;in the largest incursion on Russian soil&nbsp;since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/World-War-II\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>World War II<\/a>. A further 34 were shot over the Bryansk region, 28 over the Voronezh region, and 14 over the Belgorod region &mdash; all of which border Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>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. Russia&rsquo;s Defense Ministry said drones were intercepted over 15 regions, while one other governor said a drone was shot down over his region, too.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that falling debris from one of the two drones shot down over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-city-rejects-move-to-make-defunct-abortion-clinic-a-needle-exchange\/\" title=\"West Virginia city denies proposal to convert closed abortion clinic into needle exchange.\">city caused<\/a> a fire at an oil refinery.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian drone strikes have brought the fight far from the front line into the heart of Russia. Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has stepped up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-intensifies-airstrikes-calculated-response-targets-hamas-infrastructure-and-jihad-commanders\/\" title=\"Israel intensifies airstrikes, calculated response targets Hamas infrastructure and jihad commanders\">aerial assaults<\/a> on Russian soil, targeting refineries and oil terminals to slow down the Kremlin&rsquo;s assault.<\/p>\n<p>Also in Russia, regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said 11 people were wounded in Ukrainian aerial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>missile<\/a> attacks in the Russian border region of Belgorod on Sunday. These included eight in the regional capital, also called Belgorod.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russia&rsquo;s Defense Ministry said Sunday it had taken control of the towns of Pivnichne and Vyimka, in Ukraine&rsquo;s Donetsk region. The Associated Press could not independently verify the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces have been driving deeper into the partly occupied eastern region, the total capture of which is one of the Kremlin&rsquo;s primary ambitions. Russia&rsquo;s army is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-new-recruits-pokrovsk-ed2d06ad529e3b7e47ecd32f79911b83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>closing in on Pokrovsk<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-is-sending-more-military-aid-to-ukraine-heres-how-much-itll-cost-taxpayers-this-time\/\" title=\"US Is Sending More Military Aid to Ukraine: Here&#039;s How Much It&#039;ll Cost Taxpayers This Time\">critical logistics hub<\/a> for the Ukrainian defense in the area.<\/p>\n<p>At least three people were killed and nine wounded on Sunday in Russian shelling in the town of Kurakhove, some 20 miles (33 kilometers) south of Pokrovsk, Donetsk regional Gov. Vadym Filashkin said.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Sunday, 44 people were wounded when Russia attacked the Kharkiv regional capital, also called Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. The city was struck by 10 missiles, with a shopping center, a sports facility and residential buildings among those damaged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong> <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in Ukraine overnight, eight drones were shot down out of 11 launched by Russia, according to the Ukrainian air force.<\/p>\n<p>One person was killed and four wounded in shelling overnight in the Sumy region, local officials said, while Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said five other people had been wounded in his region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1732297\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1732297\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia reported that it shot down more than 150 drones during one of the largest Ukrainian drone assaults of the conflict. According to the Defense Ministry, Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, with two being taken down over Moscow and nine in its vicinity. The Kursk region saw 46 drones intercepted, as Ukraine has recently intensified its military activities there\u2014marking the most significant incursion into Russian territory since World War II. Additionally, 34 drones were shot down over Bryansk, 28 over Voronezh, and 14 over Belgorod\u2014all regions adjacent to Ukraine. Drones were also targeted further inside Russia, including one each in Tver and Ivanovo regions. The Defense Ministry stated that interceptions occurred across 15 regions; another governor also reported a drone being shot down in his area. Moscow&#8217;s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin noted that debris from one of the drones caused a fire at an oil refinery in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian drone strikes have increasingly reached deep into Russia&#8217;s heartland this year as part of efforts to disrupt Kremlin operations by targeting refineries and oil terminals. In Belgorod on Sunday, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that Ukrainian missile attacks injured eleven people, including eight in Belgorod city itself.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russia claimed control over Pivnichne and Vyimka towns within Ukraine\u2019s Donetsk region; however, this assertion could not be independently verified by the Associated Press. Russian forces are advancing further into eastern Ukraine\u2014a key objective for Moscow\u2014as they approach Pokrovsk, an essential logistics center for Ukrainian defense operations in that area.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday alone, at least three individuals died and nine were injured due to Russian shelling in Kurakhove\u2014approximately 20 miles south of Pokrovsk\u2014according to Donetsk regional Governor Vadym Filashkin. In Kharkiv city on the same day, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that a missile attack resulted in injuries to 44 people after ten missiles struck various locations including a shopping center and residential buildings.<\/p>\n<p>In response overnight from Ukraine\u2019s side during ongoing hostilities with Russia&#8217;s aerial assaults where they launched eleven drones themselves; eight were reportedly shot down by Ukrainian air defenses according to their military reports. Local officials indicated one fatality along with four injuries due to shelling incidents overnight within Sumy region while Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned five additional injuries occurring there as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2335226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/russia-intercepts-ukrainian-drops.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7237,39864,4280,6991,32076],"class_list":["post-2335225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-drones","tag-military-conflict","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/russia-intercepts-ukrainian-drops.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}