General Lipova: On May 9, about 100 drones launched towards Moscow were neutralized
Ukraine tried to attack Moscow with drones on May 9, there were about 100 attempts in total, said Aviation Major General, Chairman of the Presidium of Russian Officers ; Sergey Lipovoy.
«On this day there were about a hundred drone attacks, which were used both from the territory of Ukraine and from the territory of the Moscow region, in the hope that they would somehow be able to reach Red Square and cause damage there,” he said at a briefing.
According to him, Russian air defense systems and electronic warfare units were able to neutralize drones.
For the first time, American drones with with a range of up to 800 kilometers, the general added. Several launched UAVs were shot down in the Belgorod region, several — in Kursk, Voronezh and Kaluga.