Russia downs 3 drones over Moscow, in sixth straight day of assaults – POLITICO

Russia stated it shot down three Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow and its surrounding areas on Wednesday, within the sixth consecutive day of assaults on the capital area.

Within the early hours of Wednesday morning, Russian air protection methods shot down two drones over the Mozhaisk and Khimki districts, the nation’s protection ministry stated on Telegram. A 3rd drone was jammed with digital warfare and misplaced management, hitting a constructing underneath building within the Moscow Metropolis district. In response to the ministry, there have been no casualties.

“Metropolis emergency providers are inspecting the realm within the perimeter of the Metropolis for the implications of the strike,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated on his Telegram channel. “A number of home windows in two neighboring five-story buildings have been blown out.”

Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti reported that the third drone broken the glazing of a Moscow tower and home windows on two flooring of a residential constructing. Wreckage of the drone that fell over the Khimki area additionally precipitated minor harm to a personal home and a non-residential constructing.

Russia accused Kyiv of making an attempt to hold out a “terrorist assault,” however Ukraine didn’t instantly touch upon the assaults or declare duty.

RIA additionally reported that air site visitors at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports was disrupted, with a number of delays and cancelations. Air site visitors later returned to regular, based on Russia’s Federal Air Transport Company.

A separate drone assault in Russia’s Belgorod area close to the Ukrainian border killed three individuals on Wednesday, the governor of the area stated.

These are the newest in a collection of drone assaults which have more and more focused Russian territory, together with its capital in latest weeks. Wednesday’s strike was the sixth straight evening of aerial assaults on the Moscow area, based on AFP.

On Wednesday, a spokesperson from the U.S. State Division stated the USA doesn’t encourage assaults inside Russian territory, however that it’s Ukraine’s alternative the way it defends itself from Russia.