The Ukrainian military launched about 1,000 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) towards Moscow on September 1 – October 5, with most of them neutralized at distant approaches to the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on his Max channel.

“From 8:30 a.m. [Moscow time] on September 1 to 8:30 a.m. [Moscow time] on October 5, 9,994 UAVs flew towards the Moscow Region and Moscow. The larger part of them was neutralized by air defense forces at distant frontiers. A total of 862 drones were destroyed as they approached Moscow,” Sobyanin said.