Biggest ever drone strike in Russia

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 30 Aug 2023 by Alex Teddy
On August 29/30 there were drone strikes on six Russian regions. The Russian Defense Ministry said it had destroyed most of the drones. There was no report of any deaths arising from the attacks. Russia said it had sunk four military speed boats on the Black Sea carrying around 50 Ukrainian special forces soldiers. There has been no comment on this from Ukraine. Moscow and the regions of Bryansk, Kaluga, Oryol, Pskov and Ryazan were struck. Russia did not mention the Pskov attack but the regional governor published a video of the fire in the aftermath. Pskov Airport was attacked because it houses military transport planes,and four were damaged according to Russia's official news agency. Pskov Airport cancelled all flights on August 30. All four main Moscow airports briefly stopped all movement in the early hours of August 30. Pskov is 660 km from the Ukrainian border. Ukraine has never struck so deep into Russia. Ukraine did not confirm that it was behind the attack but the Ukrainian media said that Ukraine committed the attack. Kyiv was hit by Russian drones. Ukraine claimed to have taken down almost all of them. Russia does not seem to be using missiles anymore.

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