Russia stated it shot down three Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow and its surrounding areas on Wednesday, within the sixth consecutive day of assaults on the capital area.
Within the early hours of Wednesday morning, Russian air protection techniques shot down two drones over the Mozhaisk and Khimki districts, the nation’s protection ministry stated on Telegram. A 3rd drone was jammed with digital warfare and misplaced management, hitting a constructing beneath development within the Moscow Metropolis district. In line with the ministry, there have been no casualties.
“Metropolis emergency companies are inspecting the realm within the perimeter of the Metropolis for the results of the strike,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated on his Telegram channel. “A number of home windows in two neighboring five-story buildings have been blown out.”
Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti reported that the third drone broken the glazing of a Moscow tower and home windows on two flooring of a residential constructing. Wreckage of the drone that fell over the Khimki area additionally induced minor harm to a non-public home and a non-residential constructing.
Russia accused Kyiv of making an attempt to hold out a “terrorist assault,” however Ukraine didn’t instantly touch upon the assaults or declare duty.
RIA additionally reported that air visitors at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports was disrupted, with a number of delays and cancelations. Air visitors later returned to regular, based on Russia’s Federal Air Transport Company.
A separate drone assault in Russia’s Belgorod area close to the Ukrainian border killed three folks on Wednesday, the governor of the area stated.
These are the most recent in a sequence of drone assaults which have more and more focused Russian territory, together with its capital in current weeks. Wednesday’s strike was the sixth straight evening of aerial assaults on the Moscow area, based on AFP.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson from the U.S. State Division stated america doesn’t encourage assaults inside Russian territory, however that it’s Ukraine’s selection the way it defends itself from Russia.
