Ukraine launches a huge attack on drones on Russia, where two were killed in Sumi

Russia says it has dropped 221 Ukrainian drones that were launched on its soil overnight, in one of the largest air attacks since May.

The Ministry of Defense said that more than half of the drones were intercepted by the areas of Bianank and Sansk, southwest of Moscow, where the facilities of Lukweel were targeted.

The authorities in the Leningrad region said that 28 drones had been shot down and that a fire had erupted on a bowl in the Baltic port in Brezusk, the largest oil station in Russia. They added that the fire was extinguished without losses or leakage.

Meanwhile, officials said that two civilians were killed in the Sumi area of ​​Ukraine when a Russian slide bomb hit a village near the border.

Objectives have been reported across at least nine other regions of Russia, including Caluga, Novagorod and the Moscow region, where nine drones were said to have been destroyed. The debris was recorded across several regions, although Russian officials insisted that there were no victims.

The governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, said that seven people, including five civilians and two military personnel, were injured when a drone hit a bus in Brigiansk.

The Moscow characters, which the BBC has not been able to be one of the largest Ukrainian air strikes in more than four months.

Russia said it had destroyed a record 524 drone on May 7. In comparison, Ukrainian officials said Russia has deployed 818 drones against their lands in recent weeks.

The air attack is described as one of the most important areas in the Leningrad region since Russia has widely invaded Ukraine three and a half years ago. The attack witnessed operations at Polkovo Airport in St. Petersburg temporarily.

The cross -border drone raids have become increasingly prominent in the war. In July, a sustainable Ukrainian drone attack was forced Temporary closure for all Moscow airports.

In recent months, Ukrainian strikes have reached deeper in Russian territory, where refineries, fuel warehouses and logistical axes have hit hundreds of miles from the front lines.

Moscow intensified missile attacks, drones on cities and Ukrainian energy facilities during the summer, while the US -led efforts stop to reach the peace agreement.

The attacks came before the start of a major joint military exercise between Russia and Belarus’s jewelry on Friday, which is organized every four years.

But this time it occurs a few days after a number of Russian drones were dropped or fell to Poland, in what Warsaw described as an unprecedented penetration into the airspace.