# Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia ranks among 2026’s largest so far

https://mins.news/en/item/99318

- TASS, 2026-10-14 07:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2201751

> Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down 902 Ukrainian drones over Russia and the Sea of Azov in the early hours of October 14. TASS calculations based on ministry reports ranked the attack among the year’s largest. A previous large-scale attack on October 6 involved 868 drones; the year’s largest, on September 20, involved 1,951 drones and eight missiles.

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