Two Ukrainian drones shot down over Moscow area – Russia

AFP

Russia shot down two Ukrainian drones over the Moscow area with no casualties and introduced down an additional two drones over the Bryansk area that borders Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry mentioned on Tuesday.

A Reuters reporter within the city of Krasnogorsk within the Moscow area, seat of the Moscow regional authorities, noticed minor injury to tiling on a high-rise residential constructing and shattered glass exterior window panes in just a few of its residences.

Falling particles had additionally induced minor injury equivalent to smashed windscreens to automobiles parked under. Police had sealed off the scene and investigators from Russia’s FSB safety service collected what appeared like drone fragments.

There was no fast remark from Ukraine, which not often takes direct duty for drone strikes on Russian territory or on areas managed by Russia, however which seems to have stepped up such assaults since two drones had been destroyed over the Kremlin in early May.

Such assaults have generally briefly disrupted flights throughout Russia and induced principally minor injury to buildings. At least two folks had been injured a day earlier when components of a Ukrainian drone destroyed by Russian air defences fell on a home within the Moscow area, the regional governor mentioned.

A Reuters reporter within the Odintsovo district close to the settlement of Chastsy to the west of Moscow, the place one of many two drones was shot down within the early hours of Tuesday morning, heard 4 blasts shortly after 0300 native time (0000 GMT).

“Windows were shaking,” she mentioned.

The Russian defence ministry mentioned that no one had been harm within the newest assault.

“An attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles was foiled tonight,” it mentioned in an announcement.

“Two drones were detected and destroyed by air defence systems over the territory of the Moscow region.”

An extra two Ukrainian drones had been detected by air defence techniques over the Bryansk area, which borders Ukraine, and crashed with out hurting anybody after being introduced down by jamming techniques, it mentioned in the identical assertion.

Air house over the Russian capital was briefly closed and three Moscow airports suspended flights, the TASS news company reported.

Rosaviatsia, Russia’s aviation authority, mentioned 9 flights had been diverted at Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports, however that all the capital’s airports had been now working usually.

Russian officers have repeatedly cautioned that navy drones may trigger a significant catastrophe whereas flying over Moscow, which together with the encircling area has a inhabitants of almost 22 million folks.

Ukrainian navy intelligence (GUR) mentioned on Monday it had overseen an assault on the Russian Shaykovka navy airfield within the Kaluga area through which it mentioned a number of plane had been broken.

Asked about Monday’s assault on Moscow, Andriy Yusov, a GUR spokesperson, mentioned that “the GUR is working” however declined to present particulars.