Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has claimed that Ukraine launched more than 6,000 drone attacks targeting the Russian capital during July. In a statement posted Saturday on the Russian social media platform Max, Sobyanin said aerial attacks directed at Moscow had increased significantly in recent months. The report, published by Amar Desh Online on August 1, 2026, cited Anadolu.

Sobyanin said that 6,225 drones approached the Moscow region between 12 a.m. on July 1 and 11:59 p.m. on July 31. Of those, Russian air defense systems shot down 780 drones in Moscow airspace, he said. He described the total as substantially higher than during the same period last year.

According to Sobyanin, the number of Ukrainian drones approaching the Moscow region in a month had previously ranged from several dozen to a few hundred at most. The report said Ukraine has recently intensified long-range drone attacks on Moscow and other regions inside Russia. Russian authorities regularly claim to intercept drones headed toward the capital, while such incidents often disrupt flight operations at Moscow airports.