
As a result of the attack of unmanned aerial vehicles on the morning of May 30, minor damage occurred in several residential buildings, no one was injured, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Russia called the attack a "terrorist act" and accused Ukraine. The Investigative Committee initiated the case of a terrorist attack after the attack of drones on Moscow.
The drones attacked Moscow and the Moscow Region on Tuesday morning, telegram channels report. According to Shot, one of the UAV crashes into the apartment of the apartment on the 16th floor in the house along the Profsoyuznaya street in Moscow. Previously, the explosion did not happen. It is reported that the air defense is working on Barvikha. RIA-Novosti writes that the second UAV crashed into the house along Atlasov Street, but there is no visual evidence. According to the agency, residents of three entrances in the house on the trade union are evacuated.
According to Sobyanin, they evacuated the inhabitants of two houses, they will be able to return when the special services finish the work.
Another drone was shot down over New Riga. 112 reports that one of the drones fell on Leninsky Prospekt. Emergency services work there. Baza writes that several drones were shot down over the Moscow Region, and in total in the Moscow area, allegedly more than 10 UAVs were destroyed during the morning.
The head of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov asked residents to remain calm. According to him, the air defense works in the region, so the sounds of explosions are heard. Several drones are shot down on the approach to Moscow, Vorobyov noted.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, eight drones participated in the attack. Five of them were allegedly shot down by air defense systems, three more were “suppressed by electronic warfare means,” as a result of which they “lost control and deviated from the intended goals”.
Baza writes that during the attack in Moscow and the Moscow region, about 25 UAVs were noticed. Most of them were shot down by air defense forces in the suburbs, some of the drones caught on the trees and wires, as they flew at over -lump height.
Three drones crashed into residential buildings, one of these UAVs carried explosive devices that did not detonate: one of the drones exploded, damaging a high -rise building on Atlasov Street in New Moscow. Another drone crashed into a residential building in Moscow on a trade union street, as well as a building on Leninsky Prospekt.
Sergei Sobyanin wrote that two residents of the city sought medical help, they did not need hospitalization.
The office of the President of Ukraine has already reacted to the charges of the Russian Ministry of Defense. His employee Mikhail Podolyak on the air of Breakfast Show said: “Perhaps not all drones are ready to attack Ukraine and return to their creators to ask:“ Why are you sending us to attack civilians? ”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the attack of drones in Moscow was the response of Ukraine to the strike of Russia on the headquarters of the Main Directorate of Intelligence on May 29, RIA Novosti reported. According to Putin, the air defense system "worked standardly, although there is something to work on."
"Attunes to arouse Russia's response, provoke the same answer, Ukrainian citizens must understand this," the president said.
Earlier, his spokeswoman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin would not turn to the nation in connection with the attack of drones.