Politics Russia: Ukrainian drones shot down near Moscow
According to the authorities, several Ukrainian drones were shot down in Russia on Wednesday night as they were heading towards Moscow. Some of them came down in the Podolsk district, just a few dozen kilometers south of the Moscow city limits, according to the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin. According to him, ten drones were intercepted on their way to Moscow. There was initially no independent information or details from the Ukrainian armed forces.
21.08.2024, 10:04
SDA
According to the Russian state news agency Tass, further drones were shot down in the Tula and Bryansk regions. There was no further information on the type of aircraft shot down. Meanwhile, a missile was shot down in the southern Russian region of Rostov.
The Ukrainian General Staff announced that a Russian S-300 air defense system had been attacked near Novoshakhtinsk in the Rostov region. Explosions were observed at the specified location and the accuracy of the hit is still being analyzed. Russia has repeatedly used the system, which was actually designed to combat targets in the air, to fire on ground targets in Ukraine. Buildings were destroyed and the civilian population terrorized, according to the statement. There was no independent confirmation of the details of the attack.
Ukraine has been subjected to air strikes every night since the Russian invasion in February 2022, targeting important energy infrastructure, among other things. On Wednesday night, explosions were also reported in the western Ukrainian region of Khmelnytskyi. In the morning, there were also alarms in several parts of Ukraine because Russian drones were in the air.
