Russia neutralizes an attack by five drones on Moscow and denounces a “terrorist act” – RT in French

Five Ukrainian drones were neutralized on July 4 near Moscow and its region. Russia has denounced a “terrorist act” by the kyiv regime which disrupted the operation of an international airport.

“This morning, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist act with five drones was foiled” targeting sites in the Moscow region and Novaya Moskva, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Four drones were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense near the capital and the fifth was neutralized by “electronic warfare means”, before crashing in the Moscow region, the Russian army continued.

The attack caused no casualties or damage, the ministry said. “All attacks were repelled by anti-aircraft defense, all detected drones were neutralized,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram.

According to the emergency services quoted by the public news agency RIA Novosti, one of the drones was neutralized near Kubinka, located about 40 km from Vnukovo international airport, the operation of which was disrupted for three hours. due to an attack.

Vnukovo airport, where several flights were redirected to other airports in the morning, has “resumed its work”, according to the Russian Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia).

“It’s a new terrorist act”

According to the official Russian agency TASS, the Russian anti-aircraft defense also shot down a drone in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow.

After the attack, Russian diplomacy denounced a “terrorist act” by kyiv. “An attempt by the Kyiv regime to attack an area where there are civilian infrastructure sites, including an airport which, by the way, receives international flights, is a new terrorist act,” the official said on Telegram. spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova.

Moscow and its region, located more than 500 km from the Ukrainian border, have only rarely been targeted by drone attacks since the start of the offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, even if this type of attack has is multiplied elsewhere in Russia. At the beginning of May, two drones had targeted the Kremlin in Moscow, and other machines had hit buildings in the Russian capital at the end of the same month.

Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale operation in early June to retake Russian-occupied territories, but gains so far have been limited due to a strong Russian defense and, according to the Ukrainian command, a lack aviation and artillery ammunition.

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