Ukrainian forces attack again across the border, advancing into centers of power. Russian air defense intercepted and shot down an attack drone in Moscow, the wreckage of which landed near the Moscow Expocentre. Videos of the damaged skyscraper at the convention center headquarters in the financial district are making the rounds on social media. Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced the attack on Telegram. In addition to the Russian media, the Telegram channels linked to Moscow said that debris fell on the convention center, damaging its roof. No casualties were reported.
“After being hit by air defenses, the drone changed its flight path and crashed into a non-residential building near Krasnopresnenskaya embankment in Moscow,” said the Russian Defense Ministry. Emergency services told Tass that a section of the building’s outer wall had collapsed over an area of around 30 square metres. Moscow has faced an increasing number of drone strikes in recent weeks. Two attacks were made on the same target, on July 30 and August 1, the “Moscow City” skyscraper where several Russian ministries are housed, causing damage.
Meanwhile, Vnukovo airport in the Russian capital has reopened for flights after a brief closure following the drone strike, air traffic services told TASS. According to the airport schedule, six departures and eight arrivals were delayed. Five of the eight planes that arrived were diverted to other airports. The landing of several planes was also delayed at other Moscow airports, namely Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo.
Unmanned devices increasingly protagonists in the war that does not see major upheavals in the field with regard to the occupied territories. A Ukrainian armed forces drone tried to attack two Black Sea Fleet warships southwest of Sevastopol but was destroyed, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. “At 22:55 today (Thursday), the Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully attempted to use a maritime drone against warships of the Black Sea Fleet tasked with monitoring navigation in the southwestern section of the Black Sea, approximately 237 km from southwest of Sevastopol,” the ministry said. , according to TASS. “Currently, the ships continue to carry out their assigned tasks,” the ministry added.
Source: IL Tempo
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