Russia foiled Ukrainian attacks on Moscow and Crimea

Russia shot down this Sunday Ukrainian drones that aimed at Moscow and to the peninsula of crimeain attacks that damaged two office towers in the capital and forced the brief closure of an international airport.

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A drone heading for Moscow was shot down on the outskirts of the city and two others were “suppressed by electronic warfare” and crashed into an office complex, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that there were no injuries.

Moscow and its environs, some 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, had rarely been the target of attacks in 2022, but this year They have suffered several drone attacks.

Sunday’s attack is the latest in a series of drone strikes – including those against the Kremlin and some Russian cities close to the border with Ukraine– of which Moscow Fault to kyiv.

The Russian Defense Ministry called it “attempted terrorist attack”.

A view of a damaged office block of the Moscow International Business Center (Moskva City) after a drone strike in Moscow on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (ALEXANDER NEMENOV /)

“On the morning of July 30, the terrorist attack who tried to carry out the regime of kyiv with unmanned aerial vehicles over the city of Moscow was thwarted”, said that portfolio in his Telegram account.

“A Ukrainian drone was destroyed in the air by defense systems over the territory of the Odintsovo district, in the Moscow region”detailed the source.

“Two other drones were suppressed by electronic warfare and, having lost control, crashed on the grounds of a non-residential building complex. Moscow-City”he added.

Moscow-City it is a commercial development in the west of the city.

The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyaninpublished on Telegram that “the facades of two city office towers were slightly damaged,” adding that there were no casualties or injuries.

The glass in several windows shattered, according to an AFP photographer. The police cordoned off the area.

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Airport closed briefly

Russian state news agency TASS reported that the international airport Vnukovowhich serves the capital, was “closed for departures and arrivals” and their flights were redirected to other cities.

In less than an hour, air operations seemed to have returned to normal.

At the beginning of July, a salvo of drone attacks briefly disrupted air traffic at the same airport, located southwest of the city.

Soon after, the Ministry of Defence Russian claimed that his forces thwarted a Ukrainian night attack, with 25 drones, against crimeaa peninsula annexed by Russia.

“Sixteen Ukrainian drones destroyed by fire from the air defensethe ministry noted, adding that there were no casualties.

Police officers block off an area around a damaged office block of the Moscow International Business Center (Moskva City) following a drone strike in Moscow on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV/AFP) ( ALEXANDER NEMENOV/)

“Other nine ukrainian drones were neutralized using electronic warfare and, without hitting the target, crashed into the Black Sea”, said the same source.

Ukraine has repeatedly stated its intention to recapture Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.

Hence, in recent weeks it has intensified and increased its attacks on this peninsula.

These attacks take place several weeks after the start of a counter-offensive of Ukraine to recapture territory captured by Moscow since the war began in February 2022.

The Russian Foreign Ministry had said that these attacks “would not be possible without the help provided to the regime of kyiv by the United States and its allies NATO”.

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missile attacks

On Friday, Russia said it had intercepted two Ukrainian missiles over the region of Rostovin the south and on the border with Ukrainewith a balance of at least 16 people injured by the debris that fell in the city of taganrog.

The ministry said the first S-200 missile was aimed at “residential infrastructure” of taganroga city of about 250,000 inhabitants.

Shortly after he said he had shot down a second S-200 missile near the city of Azovwhose remains fell in an uninhabited area.

On the other side of the border, a Russian missile attack on the city of Zaporizhiain the south of Ukrainekilled two people, a man and a woman, local authorities reported.

In addition, at least one person was killed by a missile strike in the Ukrainian city of soumy Saturday night and five people were injured, according to police.

In early July, a Russian drone strike hit a residential building in soumyleaving three dead and 21 wounded.

Source: Elcomercio