"Boys" in the sky and smoke: in the Russian Federation complained about drones that reached the Moscow region (photo)
Representatives of the Russian authorities confirmed the incident and assured that all UAVs were neutralized. Moscow mayor Sergey Sobianin told about the details of the nighttime attack in the Telegram. Sobiangin reported that one drone was noticed above the city of Mikhnevo in the Stupinsky City District south of the Russian capital. He assured that the drone was knocked down, and rescuers moved to the site of the fragments. According to him, there are no victims and destruction.
"The Ministry of Defense's Air Defense Air Force has reflected an attack of a drone that was flying to Moscow," he said. The emergency was confirmed by locals, wrote in Astra Telegram channel with reference to their own sources. Photos and videos from the scene can see the traces of the explosion in the sky. Some details have added a video posted in the Russian Publish. The voice in the scenes says that the air defense tools work and really "knocked down".
The event time is also indicated - about 4:40 on Moscow (3:40 in Kiev). The local population has heard "two boys", the post says. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at 6:19 reported on the reflection of the air attack of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. The Russian military claim that five drones were involved in the attack - all were shot.
The air defense forces were worked in four regions: two UAVs were shot down in the Bryansk region, in Tambovskaya, Tula and Moscow - one one by one. The distance from the settlement of Mikhnevo to the Ukrainian border is about 400 km. The distance to the Red Square and the Kremlin is about 70 km. It should be noted that on July 9, the sources of focus in GUR confirmed the attack of defense forces on the Russian Air Force in Akhtubinsk.
In addition, substations in the Rostov region and the oil depot near Volgograd were burned. The attack was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The report of the Russian command stated that the air defense forces seemed to seem to be all 38 Ukrainian UAVs that threatened the military objects of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.