Russia downed most of 613 drones heading towards Moscow overnight, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram on Thursday, October 29, according to Reuters. In Ukraine, Russia attacked Kharkiv, the country's second biggest city, damaging an educational institution, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram, Reuters reported.
Source: Reuters
The two mayors' statements are the claims of officials on each side of the war, and Awaaz Punjab is reporting them as attributed claims. The Reuters dispatch did not report casualty figures for either the drone wave towards Moscow or the attack on Kharkiv, and it did not say how many of the drones reached their targets.
The overnight exchange is the latest in a pattern of long-range drone attacks in the Russia-Ukraine war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ukraine has repeatedly sent drones towards Russian cities and infrastructure, while Russia has repeatedly struck Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv, which lies close to the Russian border.
Known from Reuters, citing the two mayors: 613 drones were reported heading towards Moscow and most were said to have been downed, and an educational institution in Kharkiv was reported damaged. Not yet confirmed independently: the exact number of drones, how many got through, and any casualty toll.
There was no immediate word in the Reuters dispatch on whether flights or other services in Moscow were disrupted, or on the extent of the damage in Kharkiv beyond the educational institution named by its mayor.