One of two drones that fell in Moscow on Monday hit an area close to a military university, in a part of the capital where several buildings of Russia’s Defense Ministry stand, international agencies reported.
a drone [aparelho aéreo não tripulado] it fell on Komsomolski Avenue and broke the windows of at least two shops, one of which specializes in selling Crimean wines, according to EFE news agency.
Traffic on Komsolmolski Avenue, which was not allowed after the drone crash, has now resumed and is running normally.
#Moscow faces a drone strike. pic.twitter.com/XEdvkvxx7f
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 24, 2023
According to Christo Grozev, a researcher at the journalistic portal Bellingcat, several buildings belonging to the information services of the Russian Ministry of Defense are located in this attacked area.
The second “drone” crashed on Liyachov Avenue, in a business center under construction, breaking glass on the 17th and 18th floors in an area of 50 square meters.
“Today, around 04:00 local time (02:00 in Lisbon), there were drone attacks on two non-residential buildings. There were no serious damages or casualties”said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on the Telegram social network.
Consequences of the drone attack on Moscow
▪️ One of the drones hit the skyscraper of the business center on Lihačov Street, the wreckage of the other was found on Komsomoljski Boulevard.
▪️According to eyewitnesses, there were people in the company’s building in Moscow… pic.twitter.com/BW220dxpOX
– Sprite Team (@SpriteTeam) July 24, 2023
Earlier, Russia’s defense ministry said it had thwarted “an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack with two unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities in the Moscow region”.
The Russian ministry indicated that “the two Ukrainian ‘drones’ were neutralized and crashed”, adding that there were no casualties.
The previous attempt to attack Moscow came on July 4, when the defense ministry claimed to have thwarted a “terrorist attack” with five ‘drones’ launched by Ukraine against New Moscow, the administrative district of the Russian capital, and the Moscow region.
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Unidentified drones raided Moscow. Drone attacks were recorded at around four in the morning, – rosZMI.
A UAV fell 500 m from the building of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The second got into the “Leroy Merlin” business… pic.twitter.com/g0QGzuJbxC– LX (@LXSummer1) July 24, 2023
On June 21, Russia reported shooting down three ‘drones’ attempting to attack facilities in the Moscow region.
In May, there were two major attacks in the Russian capital, one against several apartment buildings causing “minor damage” and another against the dome of the Senate Palace, part of the Kremlin complex on Red Square.
Source: DN
