Russia's Defense Ministry on Sunday claimed to have shot down at least 19 Ukrainian drones over the Moscow region.

Ukraine has occasionally targeted the Russian capital, but has doubled down on drone strikes on Moscow in recent days.

Russian air defense forces shot down three drones flying toward Moscow, the mayor of the Russian capital Sergei Sobyanin said. At 8:47 p.m. Minsk time, he reported two more drones shot down.

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The past 24 hours have witnessed a military escalation on the Russian-Ukrainian front.The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that it had repelled intense Ukrainian attacks, confirming the interception and destruction of a total of 133 drones.

Overnight on July 20, residents of Moscow and the Moscow region reported a drone attack. Explosions were heard in Zelenograd and the settlement of Goluboye. Official sources in Moscow claim that drone debris fell,

The US and Ukraine are discussing a “mega deal” for Washington to purchase battle-tested drones from eastern Europe in exchange for American heavy weaponry.

Moscow barreled hundreds of drones toward four key regions in Ukraine overnight, just as lawmakers in Kyiv scrambled to approve additional defense spending against the backdrop of intensified Russian attacks over the past few days.