Russia said it shot down three Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow and its surrounding regions on Wednesday, in the sixth consecutive day of attacks on the capital region.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Russian air defense systems shot down two drones over Mozhaisk and Khimki districts, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Telegram. A third drone was jammed by electronic warfare and lost control, hitting a building under construction in the Moscow district. According to the ministry, there were no casualties.
“The city’s emergency services are inspecting the area within the city perimeter to determine the consequences of the strike,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel. “Several windows of two neighboring five-storey buildings were blown out. »
Russian state media RIA Novosti reported that the third drone damaged the glazing of a Moscow tower and two-story windows of a residential building. The wreckage of the drone that fell over the Khimki region also caused minor damage to a private house and a non-residential building.
Russia has accused kyiv of attempting to carry out a “terrorist attack”, but Ukraine did not immediately comment on the attacks or claim responsibility for them.
RIA also reported that air traffic at Moscow’s airports of Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo was disrupted, with several delays and cancellations. Air traffic then returned to normal, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
Another drone attack in the Russian region of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, killed three people on Wednesday, the region’s governor said.
These are the latest drone attacks that have increasingly targeted Russian territory, including its capital, in recent weeks. Wednesday’s strike was the sixth in a row night of air attacks on the Moscow region, according to AFP.
On Wednesday, a US State Department spokesperson said the US does not encourage attacks inside Russian territory, but it is up to Ukraine to choose how it will defend itself. against Russia.
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