- Drones have hit several buildings in Moscow causing “minor” damage and residents are being evacuated; Ukraine’s air force has destroyed more than 20 Russian drones in a three-hour air raid, officials say
Several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) en route to Moscow were shut down near the Russian capital in the early hours on Tuesday, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported on his Telegram channel.
“This morning, residents of some districts in the Moscow Region could hear the sounds of explosions – it was our air defense in operation. Several drones were downed on their course to Moscow,” Vorobyov said.
The Governor asked the residents of the Moscow Region to maintain their composure adding that “all emergencies’ service units are in operation and further information would follow.”
Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that several buildings in the Russian capital sustained minor damages as a result of a drone attack early on Tuesday, stressing that nobody was seriously injured and the emergency services were clarifying the circumstances of the incident.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin also confirmed the early morning attack on the Russian capital, saying in a Telegram post that the drones made “insignificant damage” to several buildings and that “no one has been seriously hurt”, without clarifying what that means.
Residents of two buildings damaged in the attack have been evacuated, Mr Sobyanin added.
Meanwhile, Russia launched a pre-dawn attack on Ukraine’s capital Tuesday, killing at least one person and sending Kyiv’s residents again scrambling into shelters to escape a relentless wave of daylight and nighttime bombardments.
According to the Kyiv Military Administration, at least, 20 Shahed drones were destroyed by air defense forces in Kyiv’s airspace in Russia’s third attack on the capital in the past 24 hours.
The buzzing of drones could be heard over the city, followed by loud explosions as they were taken down by air defense systems.