Ukrainian drones have targeted Moscow in one of the largest attacks of its kind on the Russian Capital said Moscow mayor Sergey sabayan in a post on telegram he stated that in the early hours of August 21st Russian air defense shot down tend drones this is one of the largest attempts ever to attack Moscow with drones sainan wrote adding that no casualties or material damage have been reported in a separate statement the Russian Ministry of Defense said that air defense systems had shot down 45 Ukrainian drones 11 drones were shot down over the Moscow region 23 over the Bonk region six over belgrad three over the kuga region and two over the KK region the statement said in recent months Kiev has intensified air strikes on Russian territory the war primarily in artillery and drone battle across Fields forests and villages in eastern Ukraine escalated on August 6th when Ukraine sent thousands of troops into Russia's Western KK region for months Ukraine has also been waging an increasingly intensive drone war against the world's second largest oil exporters refineries and airports although large drone attacks in the Moscow region with a population of over 21 million are rarer the attack on Moscow comes as Russia advances in eastern Ukraine where it controls about 18% of the territory and is fighting to repel Ukraine's incursion into the ksk region the largest foreign attack on Russian territory since World War II Russian media showed unverified footage of drones hovering in the morning sky over the Moscow region before being shot down and exploding into Balls of Fire brought down by air defenses the