Ukraine launches 'one of largest ever' drone raids on Moscow

Russian officials say air defences shot down at least Il drones over the capital

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Ukraine attacked Moscow on Aug 21, with at least 11 drones shot down by air defences in what Russian officials said was one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.

The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of eastern Ukraine, escalated on Aug 6 when Ukraine sent thousands of soldiers into Russia's western Kursk region.

For months, Ukraine has also fought an increasingly damaging drone war against the refineries and airfields of the world's secondlargest oil exporter, though major drone attacks on the Moscow region - with a population of over 21 million are rarer.