Three Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russia in Moscow on Sunday, said the Russian Defence Ministry. The Defence Ministry on Telegram said that one of the drones was shot down and two others were “suppressed by electronic warfare” and they crashed into a building complex. The statement from the Russian Ministry read, “The Kyiv regime’s attempted terrorist attack with unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the city of Moscow was thwarted,” reported news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP).
#UPDATE “The Kyiv regime’s attempted terrorist attack with unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the city of Moscow was thwarted,” Russia’s defence ministry said on Telegram, adding that one was shot down and two, “suppressed by electronic warfare”, crashed into a building…
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 30, 2023
A similar incident occurred last week when Russia accused Ukraine of launching a ‘terrorist’ drone on Moscow on Monday. The Russian defence ministry said two drones were “suppressed and crashed”, adding that there were no casualties. Media reported that the debris was found not far from the defence ministry’s buildings. As per Reuters, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on his Telegram said that the two non-residential buildings were struck at around 6:30 am (IST).
Russian news agencies while citing emergency services reported that the drone fragments were found near a building on the Komsomolsky Avenue, which runs through central Moscow. The said site is around 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) away from the defence ministry’s buildings. The reports added that after the attack, traffic was closed on Komsomolsky Avenue as well as on Likhachev Avenue in Moscow’s south, where a high-rise office building was damaged.
Ukraine has almost always maintained a secretive stand by avoiding claiming any responsibility for attacks inside Russia or on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine. However, the former has been saying in recent months that destroying Russia’s military infrastructure helps Kyiv’s counteroffensive.
Moscow has accused Ukraine of a host of drone attacks on its territory in recent months.
