The current attack extends a series of large-scale raids that began Oct. 11, which included a flight of an estimated 500 UAVs on Oct. 13. Those earlier drones bypassed Moscow to the east to penetrate the interior and enter the Volga River basin, an effort to stretch the capacity of Russian air defenses.
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Ukraine Launches 350 Drones in Latest Wave of Raids on Russia
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Air raid sirens are sounding across the Russian mainland as a fresh fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles targets the Belgorod and Voronezh regions on Oct. 18. Local monitoring sources report that up to 350 drones are currently airborne, with additional clusters tracked near Kursk, Rostov, Luhansk, and western Crimea.
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