Without causing any casualties or damage, two drones were shot down on Wednesday near a military base in the Moscow region, local governor Andrey Vorobyov said.
“Two drones crashed today at 5:30 a.m. and 5:50 a.m. near the depots of a military base” in the Naro-Fominsk district, about 50 kilometers south of Moscow, Andrei Vorobyov told Telegram, saying the planes were shot down by Russian “soldiers.”
“The debris has been discovered, there is no damage or casualties,” the Moscow region governor said, calling on residents to “keep calm.” Russian special services are investigating the scene, according to the same source.
Moscow and its region, located more than 500 km from the Ukrainian border, have so far been very rarely targeted by drone attacks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, even if this type of attack has multiplied elsewhere in Russia.
In early May, two drones were shot down over the Kremlin, the seat of Russian power, in an attack blamed on Ukraine. In recent months, drones have also targeted military bases or energy infrastructure in Russia.
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