The Russian army says it thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack and then destroyed it in an area west of Moscow amid an increase in such attacks on the Russian capital. “The drone was neutralized by means of electronic warfare and crashed in a forest area west of Moscow,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a Telegram message blaming the “Kyiv regime.”
The Russian army clarified that the drone was aimed at “an object on the territory of Moscow,” without specifying the details of the potential target of the device. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, in turn, previously pointed out that the device crashed “without causing significant damage” in this park, which crosses the capital.
Police and investigative services are on site and cordoned off the crash site with a security device. Traffic on the roads is closed, according to RIA Novosti. This is the third time this week that drones have been shot down over Moscow, as attacks inside Russia have intensified for weeks, most often without causing damage or casualties.
In late July and early August, drones were shot down over the business district of Moscow, in the west of the Russian capital, causing minor damage to the façade of two towers. Then in May, two drones were shot down over the Kremlin.
Earlier in the morning, roads in the area were closed, and several flights from Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport and Kaluga Airport, located southwest of the capital, were briefly interrupted for security reasons. These restrictions were lifted at 10:50 am local time, according to the state news agency TASS.
Source: Le Parisien
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