MOSCOW: Russia’s air defence has shot two drones over the Moscow region, said the city’s mayor on Tuesday, AFP reported.
Sergei Sobyanin, in a statement on social media, said that the air defence shot down two attack drones.
He said that one drone was down in the Krasnogorsk area while the other was in the Chastsy area, saying that emergency services were responding.
Russia’s defence ministry has reported two Ukrainian drones had been shot over the Moscow region but there had been no casualties.
Air traffic at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports was halted for some time due to that attack.
Russia Hits Two Drones Near Moscow: Official
The glass was damaged on several floors of a high-rise residential building in Krasnogorsk.
In recent weeks, two drone attacks were intercepted over Moscow’s financial district, each causing minor damage to the high-rise buildings.
Late Monday Moscow’s defence ministry said its forces shot two Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea 40 kilometres northwest of the Crimean Peninsula.
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The situation remains highly delicate in the region due to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The ongoing developments underline the complex geopolitical landscape in the region.
Earlier, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov had accused the US of committing war crimes by supplying cluster bombs to Ukraine, which is prohibited by international law.
