Russia's Defense Ministry announced it intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones overnight, according to journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) citing an official Russian statement. The figure would make it the largest Ukrainian drone attack on Russia since the war began, Rozentzweig noted, though the claim has not been independently verified.
Russia's Defense Ministry announced at 08:44 Jerusalem on Friday that its air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones overnight, a figure that — if accurate — would represent the largest Ukrainian drone attack on Russian territory since the full-scale war began. The claim was reported by journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12), who cited an official Russian statement. The latest figure updates the desk's thread from earlier this morning, when initial reports of the attack had not yet been concretely numbered.
Over the past two weeks, the desk has tracked a series of Russian-reported overnight interception figures: 555 on June 18 (single-source, unverified), 330 on June 11, and 323 on June 24 — all attributed solely to Russian official statements with no independent confirmation. The thread began on June 22, when at least 60 drones were reported intercepted over the Moscow region, grounding all Moscow airports. Russia later claimed 301 and then 323 interceptions for the same overnight event, illustrating how Russian-reported figures have escalated after initial reports. The new 660 figure surpasses even the highest previous claim of 555 by a significant margin.
As The Zioneer has reported in background bulletins, Russia has regularly claimed massive overnight drone interceptions — including 500 on June 7 — all single-source official claims lacking independent verification. These Russian interception reports have been matched against Ukrainian accounts of large-scale drone and missile attacks on infrastructure, and the desk has noted a pattern of Russia revising interception totals upward after initial attack reports.
Independent confirmation of this latest claim remains unavailable. Ukraine has not commented, and no independent verification of the claimed 660 drones — their targets, damage, or casualties — has emerged. The desk continues to monitor for Ukrainian or third-party responses.
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