Ukraine strikes drones on Moscow and Crimea
- July 24, 2023
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This was stated by the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov. drone attacks hitting Moscow and the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, occupied by Russia since 2014.
This was stated by the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov. drone attacks hitting Moscow and the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, occupied by Russia since 2014.
“Today at dawn, drones attacked the capital of the orcs and the Crimea”, Fedorov, whose ministry is in charge of an ambitious drone supply program for the Ukrainian army, wrote on his Telegram account using a derogatory term many Ukrainians use in this war to refer to Russians.
Fedorov added that Russian air defense and electronic systems “less and less able to protect” Russian airspaceand concluded his short message by announcing further similar attacks in the future: “There will be more of this.”
Attacks on Moscow and Crimea are taking place after Russia attacked the city and ports of Odessa almost daily and its surroundings over the past week. After yesterday’s rocket attack on the city, President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to avenge what he called an act of Russian terrorism.
One of the two drones that attacked Moscow today fell in the area of the military university, near the capital, where several buildings of the Russian Ministry of Defense are located.
Photo: Reuters
The device fell near the house number 17 on Komsomolsky Prospekt. smashed glass at at least two factoriesone of them specialized in the sale of Crimean wines, as the EFE agency was able to verify.
According to Belling Cat researcher Hristo Grozev, in the sector where the drone crashed, various buildings of the Office of Military Intelligence Ministry of Defense of Russia.
The second device fell into Likhachev Avenue, in a business center under construction, and broken glass on the 17th and 18th floors on an area of 50 sq.
“Today, around 04:00, drone strikes on two non-residential buildings were recorded. There were no serious injuries or casualties.” This was announced in his Telegram channel by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that it prevented “an attempt by the Kyiv regime to commit a terrorist attack.” two drone attack against installations on the territory of Moscow.
Photo: Reuters
He pointed out that “two Ukrainian drones were suppressed by electronic warfare and they crashed.”
This is an “act of international terrorism” This was announced to the RTVI TV channel by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
The last attempt to attack Moscow was made on July 4, when the Ministry of Defense announced that it had thwarted terrorist attack with five drones launched by Ukraine on New Moscow, administrative district of the capital of Russia and the Moscow region.
Earlier, Russia reported on June 21. shoot down three drones who tried to attack objects in the Moscow region.
Two of the most high-profile attacks on the Russian capital that actually succeeded took place in May: one against several residential buildings, causing “minor damage” and the other is against the dome of the Senate Palacewhich is part of the Kremlin complex on Red Square.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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