The Russian air defense has said it destroyed a Ukrainian drone over Moscow. Ukraine launched an attack “with an unmanned aerial vehicle against objects in Moscow and the Moscow region” at night, Russia’s defense ministry said on Telegram on Friday.
“The drone changed trajectory after being fired upon by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into a (…) building in the Krasnopresnenskaya district of Moscow.” According to the Moscow mayor, who referred to rescuers on the scene, there were no injuries.
“The wreckage of the drone fell near the exhibition center and did not cause any significant damage to the building,” Sergei Sobyanin told Telegram.
More and more drone attacks are a cause for concern
The state news agency TASS reported on the basis of emergency services that one of the walls of the building had partially collapsed. TASS also reported that the airspace over Moscow Vnukovo International Airport was temporarily closed and that departures and arrivals were delayed.
Drone attacks on Russian territory, especially those aimed at Moscow, have been on the rise for several weeks. In recent weeks, two drone strikes have been deflected over a Moscow business district, both causing minor damage to high-rise facades. In May, two drones were shot down near the Kremlin.
Kremlin: Attack on Black Sea Fleet repelled
At the end of July, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that a “war” would come to Russia, targeting “symbolic centers and military bases”. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a drone attack on ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet south of Sevastopol had already been thwarted.
Late Friday night, “Ukrainian armed forces made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the ships of the Black Sea Fleet using an unmanned naval drone,” the ministry said in a statement. Sevastopol is the base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the annexed Crimea peninsula.
Source: Krone
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