2023-07-04 09:50:00
Five drones were shot down near Moscow on Tuesday, disrupting, in particular, Vnukovo airport. No casualties or damage were observed.
By NB with AFP A Ukrainian soldier equipped with a drone (illustration). © MAXYM MARUSENKO / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP Published on 04/07/2023 at 09:50
Russia on Tuesday denounced a “terrorist act” by the Kiev regime, after an attack by five drones targeting sites near Moscow and its region, which disrupted the operation of Vnukovo international airport. “This morning, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist act with five drones was prevented” targeting sites in the Moscow region and on the edge of the Russian capital, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. communicated.
Four drones were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense near the capital and the fifth was neutralized by “electronic warfare means”, before crashing in the Moscow region, according to the same source. The attack caused no casualties or damage, the ministry said. READ ALSO Russia: a wavering empire
According to the emergency services quoted by the public news agency RIA Novosti, one of the drones was neutralized near Kubinka, located about forty kilometers from the Moscow airport of Vnukovo, the operation of which was briefly disrupted in reason for the attack. Vnukovo airport, where several flights were redirected to other airports in the morning, “resumed work” in the morning, according to the Russian Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia).
“International Terrorism”
After the attack, Russian diplomacy denounced a “terrorist act” by kyiv. “An attempt by the Kyiv regime to attack an area where civilian infrastructure sites are located, including an airport which, by the way, receives international flights, is a new terrorist act,” the official said on Telegram. spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova. READ ALSO Spies facing the new secret wars
To the extent that Ukrainian President Volodymyr “Zelensky is committing these terrorist acts using weapons delivered by the West or purchased with Western funding, this is international terrorism,” she said.
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