The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its army succeeded in thwarting a drone attack on Friday July 28, which caused no casualties or damage. This attempt allegedly took place in the morning, through a Ukrainian air vehicle in the Moscow region, according to a Telegram message from the Russian Defense.
“The drone was destroyed by air defense means,” the ministry added. This attack caused no casualties or damage, according to the same source. Early Friday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that “during the night an attempted enemy drone attack” had been carried out, without specifying the exact location.
The Russian capital and its region, located more than 500 km from the Ukrainian border, have already been targeted by drone attacks, including one that hit the Kremlin in May.
On Monday, kyiv claimed responsibility for a nighttime drone attack that hit Moscow. According to the Russian army, two Ukrainian machines had been neutralized and crashed without causing any casualties. One of the aircraft had fallen on an important axis of the capital, Komsomolsky Prospekt, near the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On July 4, five drones were shot down over the Moscow region, according to Russia, an attack that disrupted the operation of Vnukovo, one of the capital’s three major international airports.
