2023-07-30 09:35:46
The Moscow airport Vnukovoone of the three international airports in the Russian capital, has temporarily ceased its activity after an attack carried out last night by three drones from Ukraine, two of which ended up crashing into office buildings near the center of the city, slightly injuring a person.
Upon initial notice from the city mayor, Sergei Sobyaninthe Russian Ministry of Defense has ratified the mayor’s information by reporting that, “on the morning of July 30, Ukraine tried to attack Moscow facilities with drones, one of which was destroyed in mid-flight over the territory of the district of Odintsovo and two others were intercepted before crashing in the city of Moscow.”
The injured person is a security guard in one of the affected buildings, the About-2. “Glass from the first to fourth floors were broken as a result of this drone attack,” an EMS source confirmed to the Russian TASS news agency.
Another of the buildings hit would be a skyscraper in the IQ-Quarter office complex, on the banks of the Moskva River that runs through the Russian capital. According to the RBC, the complex houses several offices of the ministries of Economic Development, Industry and Commerce, and Digital Development.
The attack has also caused a temporary suspension of traffic along Testovskaya avenue, just five kilometers from Moscow centeraccording to a statement from the Department of Transport collected by the Russian chain RBC.
The last such attack occurred more than a week ago, when the Russian authorities reported that they shot down three drones in the Moscow region that left no material damage or casualties. Similarly, another similar attack already forced the temporary closure of Vnukovo earlier this month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine at the end of May for attacks “terrorists” with drones registered in the capital, suggesting that this type of incident seeks to “provoke a response from Russia” in the midst of the invasion of the neighboring country, unleashed in February 2022 by order of the Russian president himself.
In addition, Moscow blamed Kiev in early May for another attack on the Kremlin which it described as a “assassination attempt” against Putin.
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