Russia says 3 Ukrainian drones brought down in ‘terrorist attack’ on Moscow
- Drone attacks have begun reaching the heart of the Russian capital in recent months, but authorities say Russia remains in full control of the war
- Two drones crashed in the Moscow City district after being brought down using radio-electronic equipment, while another was shot down in the city’s outskirts
Russia’s defence ministry said it had brought down three Ukrainian drones in the early hours of Sunday morning that had been trying to carry out what it called “a terrorist attack” on Moscow.
Nobody was hurt and there was only minor damage to the facade of two office buildings in the Moscow City business district, Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow’s mayor, said.
The area, several miles from the Kremlin, is known for its modern high-rise towers.
The fact that hostile drones have in recent months begun reaching the heart of the Russian capital, even if they do not inflict serious damage, is uncomfortable for the authorities who have told the public that Russia is in full control of what they call its “special military operation” against Ukraine.
“There were no casualties or injuries,” Sobyanin said in a short statement on the incident.
The defence ministry said two drones had crashed in the Moscow City district after being brought down using radio-electronic equipment. Air defences had shot down one more in the air over the Odintsovo area in the Moscow region, it said.
“On the morning of July 30, an attempted terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime using unmanned aerial vehicles against targets in the city of Moscow was foiled,” the ministry said in its statement.
