{"id":95648,"date":"2026-07-14T18:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/moscow-mayor-340-ukrainian-drones-targeted-capital-in-24-hours-most-shot-down\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:19:47","slug":"moscow-mayor-340-ukrainian-drones-targeted-capital-in-24-hours-most-shot-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/moscow-mayor-340-ukrainian-drones-targeted-capital-in-24-hours-most-shot-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow Mayor: 340 Ukrainian Drones Targeted Capital in 24 Hours, Most Shot Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784067586591.jpg?resize=450%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784067586591.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784067586591.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that 340 Ukrainian drones were directed toward the area around the Russian capital over the course of a single day, with the vast majority taken down by anti-aircraft defenses well before reaching Moscow.<\/p><p>Writing on the messaging platform Telegram, Sobyanin stated, &#8220;Most of them were neutralised by air defence forces on the outer approaches.&#8221; He added, &#8220;More than 50 enemy drones were destroyed on their way to Moscow.&#8221;<\/p><p>Ukrainian drone incursions toward the Russian capital have become a frequent occurrence, and Sobyanin has made a habit of publicly reporting the tallies of intercepted aircraft.<\/p><p>Ukraine has been ramping up strikes against Russian infrastructure, with a heavy focus on the country&#8217;s oil industry. On Tuesday, Ukraine&#8217;s military confirmed it had launched drone attacks against the Salavat petrochemical complex located in the Urals region and the Afipsky refinery in southern Russia. These repeated strikes on oil-related facilities have led to fuel shortages across Russia.<\/p><p>On the other side of the conflict, Russian forces have intensified their own aerial assaults against Kyiv in recent weeks. Early Tuesday morning, Russia unleashed a combined wave of drones and ballistic missiles on the Ukrainian capital \u2014 marking the fifth such assault on Kyiv within the current month alone.<\/p><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the attack caused damage to 16 locations throughout the city, among them a school and a business. City officials also reported that multiple fires broke out across Kyiv as a result of the strikes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow&#8217;s mayor reported that 340 Ukrainian drones were launched toward the Russian capital within a single 24-hour period, with the majority intercepted by air defense systems before reaching the city. The escalating drone campaign is part of Ukraine&#8217;s broader strategy targeting Russian infrastructure, particularly oil facilities. Meanwhile, Russia has continued striking Kyiv with its own drone and missile barrages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":95647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784067586591.jpg?fit=450%2C303&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-oSI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37959,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/moscow-mayor-67-ukrainian-drones-shot-down-targeting-russian-capital\/","url_meta":{"origin":95648,"position":0},"title":"Moscow Mayor: 67 Ukrainian Drones Shot Down Targeting Russian Capital","author":"Admin","date":"March 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Moscow's mayor reported that Russian defense systems intercepted 67 Ukrainian drones targeting the capital on Monday. 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