Russian air defence forces shot down roughly 120 Ukrainian drones in a single day, Russia’s Defence Ministry stated.
“In the course of the previous evening from 20:00 (1700 GMT) on August 9 to 06:10 Moscow time (0310 GMT) on August 10, air defence obligation forces destroyed and intercepted 121 fixed-wing Ukrainian unmanned aerial automobiles,” the ministry stated in a press release.
The ministry added that over 34 drones had been downed on Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) to three p.m. (1200 GMT), together with one over the territory of the Moscow Area, as reported by Xinhua information company.
One particular person was killed because of falling drone particles within the Saratov Area, the area’s governor stated on Telegram.
In the meantime, the Ukrainian Air Drive reported on Sunday that Russia launched an assault in a single day utilizing 100 fight and decoy drones, with air defence programs capturing down 70 of them.
Earlier on August 4, 2025, Russian air defence forces repelled a large-scale drone assault focusing on Volgograd area’s transport and power infrastructure in a single day, regional authorities stated.
“There have been no casualties,” Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov stated in a submit on social media.
Bocharov stated that particles from intercepted drones broken a high-voltage energy line, disrupting the electrical energy provide to the city of Ilovlya and close by settlements. Emergency restore crews had been dispatched to revive energy.
Within the city of Frolovo, a fireplace erupted at a technical constructing within the Archeda railway station, prompting momentary practice suspensions as explosive ordnance disposal groups neutralised an unexploded drone that had landed on the tracks.