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[global times special correspondent in russia xiao xinxin, global times special correspondent liu yupeng] the russian ministry of defense announced on the 10th that from the evening of the 9th to the early morning of the 10th, the russian air defense system shot down 144 ukrainian drones in many places, including 20 over moscow oblast, 14 over kursk oblast, 72 over bryansk oblast and 8 over belgorod oblast bordering ukraine, and 30 over other states.

reuters reported on the 10th that this was the "largest drone attack" launched by ukraine against moscow so far, and the second large-scale drone attack against russia since early september. three airports in moscow were temporarily closed for more than six hours, and about 50 flights were delayed or diverted to other airports. the ramenskoye district of moscow oblast, which was attacked, is located about 50 kilometers southeast of the kremlin. it is reported that the large-scale drone attack launched by ukraine against russia in early september mainly targeted russia's energy and power infrastructure.

on september 10, 2024, local time, an apartment building was hit by a drone in ramenskoye, russia. (visual china)

according to a report by ria novosti on the 10th, in response to the attacks on moscow and other places, russian president's press secretary peskov said on the same day that the attacks by ukrainian drones on russian residential areas could not be regarded as "military actions" in any way. the kiev regime is still constantly exposing its true nature, "we should continue to carry out special military operations so that we can protect our country from such attacks by the kiev regime." he said that the russian army has accumulated rich experience in combating drones and has achieved good results.

on the 10th, the ukrainian independent news agency quoted ukrainian military expert seleznev as saying: "ukraine has launched a large-scale drone strike against russia. the more resources russia loses under the attack, the better it is for us. this time, the scale of our new drone attack on russian territory has set an absolute new record." according to a news release from the ukrainian air force on the 10th, in the early morning of that day, the russian army launched a missile and drone attack on ukraine, launching a total of two missiles and 46 drones. the ukrainian army intercepted and shot down 38 drones.