Drone strikes Tuesday morning rocked Moscow, prompting evacuations in Russia’s capital city, although its air defenses did their job.
For the most part.
Two drones crashed into residential high-rises. However, Russian state media is reporting that no one was seriously injured.
Meanwhile, several drones fell on an exclusive Moscow suburb, home to several high-ranking officials.
Russia is blaming Ukraine for the attacks, an allegation Kyiv denies. Pundits are questioning that claim.
Tuesday’s strikes on Moscow came shortly after Russia launched its largest unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack of the war on Ukraine’s capital with 59 HESA Shahed 136 drones from Iran.
BBC News has more on what the Kremlin is calling a “terrorist attack”:
The strikes on Moscow followed an overnight drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv in which at least one person was reported killed.
Ukrainian officials said falling debris set buildings on fire as Ukraine’s air defences intercepted more than 20 drones.
Meanwhile, Russia’s defence ministry said all eight drones targeting Moscow had been intercepted.
“Three of them were suppressed by electronic warfare, lost control and deviated from their intended targets. Another five drones were shot down by the Pantsir-S surface-to-air missile system in the Moscow region,” the ministry said.
All of the drones were directed at important targets, including Leninsky Avenue, a major thoroughfare and a famous example of Stalinist architecture.
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