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Moscow Airport Temporarily Closed As Drone Attack In Ukraine Damages 2 Buildings

Three Ukrainian drones were shot down over Moscow early Sunday, as reported by Russia’s defence ministry, in an attack that temporarily shut down an international airport.

One of the drones was shot down on the outskirts of the city, while the other two were suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed into an office complex. Nobody was hurt.

Moscow and its surrounds, which are around 500 kilometres (310 miles) from the Ukrainian border, were rarely targeted during the Ukrainian crisis until numerous drone attacks this year.

The incident reported on Sunday is the latest in a string of recent drone attacks blamed on Kyiv, including against the Kremlin and Russian cities near the Ukrainian border.

It was described as an attempted terrorist attack by the defence ministry.

“On the morning of July 30, the Kyiv regime’s attempted terrorist attack with unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the city of Moscow was thwarted”, the Telegram message claimed.

“A Ukrainian UAV was shot down in the air by air defence systems over the Odintsovo district of Moscow region”, it continued.

“Two more drones were suppressed by electronic warfare and, having lost control crashed on the territory of Moscow City’s non-residential building complex”, it added.

Moscow City is a business development located to the west of the city.

“The facades of two city office towers were slightly damaged”, said city Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Telegram.

He went on to say that there were no victims or injured.

Also read: Putin On Peace Talk With Ukraine: “We Cannot Cease Fire”

Spriha Rai

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