Pakistan, Oct. 29 -- More than 600 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were launched toward the Moscow region overnight, according to Russian capital officials. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed via Telegram that 613 drones targeted the metropolitan area between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Furthermore, the massive drone swarm coincided with Moscow hosting a high-profile, two-day Russia-Africa summit featuring leaders from 22 African nations. Consequently, Russian defense forces activated maximum air defense readiness across distant approaches to safeguard capital airspace and visiting foreign delegations.

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