UK Intelligence: Ukraine Launches Most Massive Drone Attack Against Russia
In its latest report, British intelligence has reviewed the massive attack by Ukrainian drones on Russian territory on Tuesday night, calling it the largest in the history of full-scale warfare. The review was published on the official page of the UK Ministry of Defence on the social network X.
According to the report, the attack covered several regions of Russia, including Moscow and the surrounding areas.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, 337 drones were ‘intercepted and destroyed’, including 91 over the Moscow region.
As a result of the strikes, fires were reported in Moscow, all four of the capital's airports temporarily shut down, and the railway connection between Moscow and Domodedovo was suspended.
According to British intelligence, the drone attacks in Russia's deep rear demonstrate the challenges facing the Russian leadership, which is forced to protect strategic facilities and infrastructure while supporting combat operations at the front.
‘Putin and Russia's senior leadership almost certainly believe that Ukraine's ability to strike at Moscow... is a significant inconvenience to them. It also undermines the Russian leadership's view of the conflict as a localised operation rather than a war,’ the review says.
British intelligence also noted that Russian state media hardly covered the incident, which may indicate the Kremlin's fears of a possible negative reaction from Russian society.
A previous report by UK intelligence stated that Ukrainian troops had counterattacked near Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, while in Russian Kursk region, the Russian army was trying to increase pressure on the positions of Ukrainian units.
Earlier it was reported that since the beginning of 2025, the losses of the Russian occupation army in Ukraine have already amounted to 90,000 soldiers killed and wounded.
As The Gaze reported, on the night of 7-8 March, Russian troops carried out several strikes in Ukraine, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 30, including five children.