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More than 250 intercepted Ukrainian drones according to Moscow, one of the most massive attacks in Kyiv

Russia has announced that he had intercepted 251 Ukrainian drones on the night of October 5 to 6. This is one of kyiv’s most massive attacks in Moscow since the beginning of the conflict.

Russia announced on Monday, October 6, after having intercepted 251 Ukrainian drones during the night, one of the most massive attacks in kyiv in three and a half years of conflict, particularly intense in the Black Sea sector.

In this unusually high total, 40 drones were sacrificed above the Ukrainian Crime Peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, 62 on the Black Sea and five above the Azov Sea, said Russian Ministry of Defense.

Since the beginning of his offensive in February 2022, Russia has launched drones and missiles in Ukraine almost daily, which regularly responds upon reaching the Russian territory. kyiv’s objectives in particular Russian energy infrastructure, but their attacks are generally limited to a few dozen drones.

Russian control of almost 20% of the Ukrainian territory

For its part, Moscow has intensified its attacks on the Ukrainian electricity network in recent days, which increases the fears of a campaign aimed at diving in the country in the dark winter, as was the case in 2024.

At the end of September, Moscow exercised total or partial control over 19% of the Ukrainian territory, according to the analysis of the AFP data provided by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), which works with the Crititas threat project (CTP).

About 7%, Crimea and the Donbass areas have already been reviewed before the Russian invasion of February 2022.

While the diplomatic efforts made by Donald Trump during the summer to end the conflict were bogged down, the progression of the Russian army has slowed again in September. He took 447 km2 in the Ukrainians, accentuating the deceleration began in August (594 km2) after a peak in July (634 km2).

Author: Jma with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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