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Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.

The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of eastern Ukraine, escalated on Aug. 6 when Ukraine sent thousands of soldiers over the border into Russia's western Kursk region.

For months, Ukraine has also fought an increasingly damaging drone war against the refineries and airfields of Russia, the world's second largest oil exporter, though major drone attacks on the Moscow region - with a population of over 21 million - have been rarer.

Russia's defence ministry said its air defences destroyed a total of 45 drones over Russian territory, including 11 over the Moscow region, 23 over the border region of Bryansk, six over the Belgorod region, three over the Kaluga region and two over the Kursk region.

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Because the drones are made in China and China wants Russia to genocide so that they can get away with their genocides. It would be nice if we started manufacturing again, but we seem to have trouble getting anything done.

[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

I don't really want us to get any further into the murder-drone business than we already are, but it does seem to be the way conflicts are going.

Maybe war could just become entirely drones, so instead of people dying it could be a giant game of BattleBots.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or we could go further and just simulate the battles so even the land is safe from war.

[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Like a reverse Enders Game, where the fighters believe they're fighting a war but it's actually a simulation. I think there was a Star Trek episode about that, A Taste of Armageddon.

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