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A view exhibits the broken facade of an workplace constructing in the Moscow City following a reported Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow, Russia, July 30, 2023.
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Three drones had been intercepted in “Moscow City” in an tried attack on Sunday on the enterprise and purchasing improvement in the west of the Russian capital, Russia’s Ministry of Defense mentioned.
“One Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was destroyed in the air by air defense forces over the territory of the Odintsovo district of Moscow region,” an announcement mentioned.
“Two more drones were jammed using electronic warfare capabilities and after losing control, they crashed on the territory of a complex of non-residential buildings in Moscow City.”
Overnight in Russia-occupied Crimea, 25 Ukrainian UAVs had been intercepted, the Defense Ministry added. Sixteen had been destroyed by Russian air defenses whereas the remainder crashed in Black Sea after their alerts had been jammed by digital warfare tools, in accordance with the ministry.
No casualties or damages have been reported.
CNN has not been capable of confirm the claims made by Russia’s Defense Ministry.
Unmanned aerial automobiles (UAV) had been first deployed by Ukraine to assist artillery locate Russian targets on the battlefield, and now many imagine they’re getting used to hit targets properly inside Russian territory.
Russian state information company TASS reported the attack, attributing it to safety sources. “There was a strike in the building of the “IQ-Quarter” positioned in “Moscow City” (purchasing middle),” TASS mentioned.
In subsequent reporting, it added {that a} “temporary no fly zone had been introduced for the Moscow flight zone… reported by emergency services.”
“As a result of the strike, glass broke on the fifth and sixth floors of the 50-story building. There are no casualties. It did not result in a fire.”
Videos confirmed particles in addition to emergency providers on the scene.
A witness informed Reuters that there have been explosions and hearth. “My friends and I rented an apartment to come here and unwind, and at some point, we heard an explosion – it was like a wave, everyone jumped,” she mentioned. “There was a lot of smoke, and you couldn’t see anything. From above, you could see fire.”
It additionally got here after a Russian missile attack on the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy late on Saturday, which left at the very least one civilian lifeless and 5 others wounded, in accordance with Ukraine’s Interior Ministry.
In jap Ukraine, native navy officers reported at the very least two deaths from a rocket strike on Zaporizhzhia – a 32-year-old lady and a 45-year-old man.
“The enemy made 77 attacks in 20 settlements of Zaporizhzhia region over the past day,” Zaporizhzhia navy head Yurii Malashko mentioned, including that there have been at the very least 31 reviews of destruction to residential buildings and infrastructure.
Sunday’s drone attack was the second reported in Moscow in the previous week.
Ukrainian forces carried out drone strikes on July 24, Ukrainian officers confirmed with CNN, including that safety forces had been answerable for the strike. Russian officers mentioned it was a “terrorist attack of the Kiev regime.”
Ukrainian Minister Mykhailo Fedorov whose Digital Transformation Ministry oversees the nation’s “Army of Drones” procurement plan, mentioned there could be more strikes to come.
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A view exhibits the broken facade of an workplace constructing in Moscow.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Russian Africa discussion board in St. Petersburg on Saturday, President Vladimir Putin mentioned that Moscow had by no means rejected peace negotiations with Ukraine and a ceasefire was exhausting to implement when the Ukrainian military was on the offensive.
To begin the method an settlement is required from each side, Putin added.
