Russia announced on Monday (August 21) that it had foiled three new Ukrainian drone attacks near the Moscow region and in the Kaluga region, without any casualties, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced. At around 6:50 a.m. local time (3:50 GMT), a Ukrainian attempt to carry out “a terrorist attack [using an] unmanned aerial vehicle…was foiled,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Detected by air defense in the Moscow region, the device was “neutralized by means of electronic warfare”, then “crashed near the village of Pokrovskoye, in the Odintsovo district”, in the southwest of the capital, added the Russian Defense.
Another “Kyiv regime terrorist attack” was foiled at 8:16 a.m. [5:16 GMT], when Russian air defense shot down a drone in the Istra district, also in the northwest Moscow region. of the Russian capital, according to the same source.
According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, following the incidents, Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo international airports temporarily imposed restrictions on departures and arrivals and redirected several flights to other locations.
Drone attacks inside Russian territory have been increasing for several weeks, most often without causing damage or casualties, and targeting the Russian capital in particular. On Sunday, Russia claimed to have foiled another Ukrainian drone attack targeting Moscow and its region. The machine had crashed in an uninhabited area without causing any casualties or damage, according to the Russian Defense.
A third Ukrainian drone attack was foiled later in the morning in the Kaluga region, located southwest of Moscow, according to regional governor Vladislav Chapcha.
“This morning, despite difficult weather conditions, a drone attack was foiled on the territory of the Kirovski district,” Mr. Chapcha wrote on Telegram. “There are no injuries or damage to infrastructure,” he said.
Drone attacks inside Russian territory have been increasing for several weeks, most often without causing damage or casualties, and targeting the Russian capital in particular. On Sunday, Russia claimed to have foiled another Ukrainian drone attack targeting Moscow and its region. The machine had crashed in an uninhabited area without causing any casualties or damage, according to the Russian Defense.
