now Russian authorities say air defense systems shot down several Ukrainian drones that targeted Moscow overnight Russia's defense Ministry said it destroyed a total of 45 drones over Russian territory including 11 over the capital region moscow's mayor said the city faced one of the biggest drone attacks Ukraine has launched against the capital so far and DW correspond Sonia fala has more now from ke hi Sonia now has Ukraine reacted to these alleged drone attacks have they said anything yet well the Ukrainian military has not commented as yet on those alleged drone attacks over Moscow and over
those uh other regions uh which are closer to its border with Russia uh now these kinds of drone attacks over Moscow are quite rare but we did see a similar attack in May this year when Russian officials say they said they had destroyed a drone outside the capital which also led to some temporary restrictions on two major airports uh in in the capital there and now Ukraine usually does not CLA uh officially um claim responsibility for any kind of reported attacks on Russian soil uh but it does regularly carry out drone strikes on Russia's oil
refineries on its on its airfields and gas inst installations these are often on targets which are located several kilometers several hundred kilm from its border and Ukraine says its aim there is to retaliate for what it says are repeated attacks by Russia on its own energy uh infrastructure and it says the aim there is often to kind of uh destroy uh Russia's Logistics its Supply routs and kind of dismantle Russia's strike capabilities and in recent days we've really seen an escalating amount of attacks uh by Russia and Ukraine on each other's oil and Industrial facilities
that's right I mean Ukraine is advancing in kusk but it's Russia that does seem to have the momentum in the East doesn't it so can you tell us more about that that's right I mean reports suggests that Ukrainian troops are kind of inching forward uh in that ksk region in Russia uh Ukraine's Army Chief Alexander syi says his troops have now uh moved forward about 20 to 35 kmet uh deep into that territory they say he says they now control more than 90 settlements but there are they're also facing uh increased resistance there are reports
that Russ is now moving some of its troops uh from other directions to kind of strengthen its positions there but within Ukraine um in the Eastern donetes region Russian forces are certainly advancing steadily um they claim to have now captured the town of New York uh this is a small settlement which has been fought over since 2014 the Ukrainian military has not admitted to the loss of that town but they say Russian forces are attacking the attacking in the area they say Russia is also deploying additional troops to the front line in the east and
one of the targets for the Russian forces there is the town of pakros which is a crucial Logistics hub for the Ukrainian uh military and which is located on a main on the intersection of a main Highway that supplies Ukrainian troops and Frontline towns but is also used to move casualties towards the city of nepro Sonia thanks so much for that update that's DW Sonia falar reporting from ke we're now to the war between Ukraine and Russia Ukraine's President Vladimir zalinski says Ukrainian forces are continuing to attack in Russia's ksk region even as Moscow presses
forward on the front lines in the dabass now this footage released by Ukrainian Special Forces shows strikes on Russian pontoon Crossings in the ksk area Ukraine has already destroyed at least three bridges over the river same as it seeks to create a buffer zone in the Border region Moscow claims its troops have stopped Ukraine's advance well Ukraine's incursion has added a further incentive for Russia to recruit soldiers for the front line one of the motivations for soldiers to sign up seems to be money with cash offered to volunteers but it appears new recruits are being
sent to ksk which is causing some dissent amongst their families these men are ready to join the ranks of the Russian army after Ukraine's incursion at least according to Russian State TV firstly to help my country my people beat the fascists and get back the territory They seized a typical propaganda narrative on state TV Russia says it's fighting what it claims are Ukrainian Nazis on its own soil the news report claims money isn't what's driving people to sign a contract with the defense Ministry even though it does mention a one-time payment of 2 million Rubles
almost 20,000 Eur gr average Russians would have to work at least 2 years to earn that kind of money in poorer regions even longer so there is a part of the population coming from the poorest regions uh who are the beneficiaries of the war we cannot ignore that money is important for these people the large amounts of money which are proposed which are promoted today by the Russian officials in exchange of the human life is something which is considered in both sides of the deal as a kind of acceptable deal Ukraine says it has captured
hundreds of Russian soldiers since the start of its incursion 80% of them are believed to be conscripts after Ukraine's first advances on Russian territory mothers of drafted soldiers called on President Putin to remove them out of the ksk region now this chin special force Commander has harsh words for those parents if your 18-year-old children are already serving and you think they shouldn't defend their Homeland when it's being attacked by the enemy I have one question for you what use are you and your children to this country Russia says around 6,000 soldiers have been killed in
Ukraine experts believe the number to be much higher with some estimates putting them at a around 300,000 the Russian defense Ministry is now running ads like these reading real men belong here to recruit more soldiers the major strategy of the Russian government for today is avoiding the mass mobilization Mass military mobilization in the whole Russian population and trying to uh categorize to Target uh more vulnerable uh poorest and uh not that productive categories of the population in order to fill in the gaps uh in the um army ranks but at least according to Russian State
tv there are still enough volunteers left
