Over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has dispatched forces in recent weeks in the biggest incursion on Russian soil since World War II, were 46 of the drones. An additional 34 shots were fired over the Bryansk area, and 28 over the Voronezh area.
The Defense Ministry stated on Sunday that 158 Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed by Russian air defenses over the course of the night, including two above Moscow and nine over the surrounding area.
46 of the drones were flying over the Kursk area, where Ukraine has recently dispatched troops in what is the worst incursion on Russian territory since World War II. 34 more were fired over the areas that border Ukraine: Bryansk, Voronezh, and Belgorod. Of these, 28 were fired over.
Additionally, drones were launched farther into Russia, with one each in the regions of Tver, which is northwest of Moscow, and Ivanovo, which is northeast of the Russian capital. Drones were intercepted over fifteen areas, according to Russia's Defense Ministry, while another governor said that a drone was shot down over his area as well.
An oil refinery caught fire as a result of falling debris from one of the two drones that were shot down over the city, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Drone attacks from Ukraine have moved the conflict deep inside Russia, away from the front lines. In an effort to impede the Kremlin's attack, Ukraine has increased its aircraft attacks on Russian territory since the year's beginning, focusing on oil facilities and refineries.
Additionally, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov of Russia reported that on Sunday, attacks by Ukrainian aircraft missiles injured eleven persons in the Russian border region of Belgorod. Of them, eight were located in Belgorod, the regional capital.
In the meantime, the towns of Pivnichne and Vyimka in the Donetsk area of Ukraine were declared under Russian control on Sunday by the Russian Defense Ministry. The report could not be independently verified by the Associated Press.
One of the main goals of the Kremlin is to completely seize control of the partially controlled eastern territory, which Russian forces have been pushing farther into. Pokrovsk, a vital center for Ukrainian defense logistics in the region, is under attack by the Russian army.
Russian bombardment on the town of Kurakhove, some 20 miles (33 kilometers) south of Pokrovsk, on Sunday resulted in at least three fatalities and nine injuries, according to Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin.
According to Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Russia assaulted Kharkiv, the regional capital of Kharkiv, on Sunday as well, injuring 44 people. Ten missiles struck the city, causing damage to residential structures, a sports complex, and a shopping center.
According to the Ukrainian air force, eight of the eleven drones that Russia launched last night were shot down elsewhere in Ukraine.
Local officials reported that shelling overnight in the Sumy region had resulted in one fatality and four injuries, while Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of Kharkiv, confirmed that five more people had been hurt in his territory.
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