Police officers work at the site where a Ukrainian drone targeting the Russian capital was downed by air defence system, in western Moscow on 11 August 2023.
- Russia
destroyed a drone over the western outskirts of Moscow on Friday. - The
Russian capital has seen a surge in attacks in recent months. - No
damage or casualties were reported.
Russia
said Friday it had destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the western outskirts of
Moscow, the latest in a growing number of aerial attacks on the capital.
“This
afternoon, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using
an unmanned aerial vehicle on a facility in Moscow was thwarted,” the
defence ministry said, adding there was no damage or casualties as a result of
the incident.
Friday’s
attack was the latest in a series of Ukrainian drones to target Moscow in the
past week.
Largely
spared in the early part of the conflict, the capital has seen a surge in
attacks in recent months.
“The
drone was electronically disabled and crashed in a forest in the west of
Moscow,” the defence ministry said.
Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) officers work at the site where a Ukrainian drone targeting the Russian capital was downed by air defence system, in western Moscow on 11 August 2023.
Moscow
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said debris fell in the Karamyshevskaya embankment, where
emergency services were at work.
The
international airport of Vnukovo temporarily introduced restrictions, which
were lifted within an hour, state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported.
On
Thursday, Russia said it downed two drones headed for Moscow, a day after two
others were destroyed on approach.
At
the start of this month, an office block in the capital’s main business
district was struck twice within days by debris from a downed drone strike.
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