{"id":1519219,"date":"2026-06-30T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=a6f82d99a7c9f2599eb96e7bed466f0f"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:55:47","slug":"ukraine-hits-moscow-satellite-center-in-large-overnight-drone-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1519219","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine hits Moscow satellite center in large overnight drone attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/9aeae596c55fbd521d4742f34ba1e116.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the sidelines of the G7 summit on June 16, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France.  (Photo by Isabel Infantes - Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(LONDON) -- Ukraine struck a satellite communications center in the Moscow region in an aerial attack on Tuesday, Kyiv said, as Moscow claimed to have shot down hundreds of drones launched into its territory overnight.<\/p><p>Ukrainian President Volodymry Zelenskyy said Ukraine struck the site, the \"Dubna\" space communications center, for the second time.<\/p><p>\"This is a specialized satellite communications facility used, among other things, for intelligence gathering and coordinating the activities of Russia\u2019s occupying forces in Ukraine,\" Zelenskyy said on social media on Tuesday.<\/p><p>Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defense said in a morning update on its official Russian-language Telegram channel that air defense systems had intercepted and destroyed at least 419 Ukrainian drones since late Monday evening.<\/p><p>Those drones were shot down in at least 16 regions, including Moscow, along with Russian-occupied areas in Crimea, the ministry said.<\/p><p>Sergey Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, said early on Tuesday that at least 61 Ukrainian drones had been shot down in the capital region overnight.<\/p><p>Zelenskyy in announcing the Ukrainian strike on the satellite communications center noted that the facility was more than 500 km, or about 310 miles, from the Ukrainian-Russian boarder.<\/p><p>\"Recently, our Defense Forces of Ukraine already reached four such Russian centers, not only in the Moscow region but also in the Vladimir region,\" he said on social media.<\/p><p>He added, \"Step by step, we are implementing our plan of long-range sanctions and making it as difficult as possible for the aggressor state to carry out its invasion operations against Ukraine and the occupation of our territories.\"<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the sidelines of the G7 summit on June 16, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France.  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