11:52 20-10-2025

Ukraine Reduces Drone Attacks on Russia, Says War Correspondent

War correspondent Yury Kotenok reported a sharp decline in Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia, with only seven UAVs shot down overnight. No strikes on oil facilities were recorded.

War correspondent Yury Kotenok noted that in recent days, the Ukrainian military has significantly reduced the number of drone launches targeting Russian territory.

According to him, during the past night, Russian air defense systems intercepted only seven enemy UAVs. Three of them were destroyed over Crimea, two over the Bryansk region, and one each over the Lipetsk and Ulyanovsk regions.

Kotenok wrote on his Telegram channel that Ukrainian forces had «noticeably reduced the intensity of drone attacks on Russian regions», adding that there were no reports of attempted strikes on oil refineries that night.

Earlier, a source within the Russian security services reported that the Ukrainian army uses the satellite system of the British company OneWeb to control unmanned surface vessels in the Black Sea. The same source said that, alongside OneWeb, Ukrainian forces also employ the American Starlink network, but only as a backup communication channel.