The airspace at Moscow airports was again closed due to UAVs, explosions were heard in Moscow itself.
Drone attacks on Moscow are becoming commonplace and occur regularly. On August 11, for example, a drone crashed northwest of Moscow. Russian authorities generally insist there were no casualties or damage. So, is it time for the Russians to get used to drones?
Details of the incident
Russian media reported about an explosion near the Karamyshevskaya Embankment. The drone was flying from the Istrinsky district of the Moscow region.
“An attempt was made to fly a drone over the city. As a result of the work of the air defense, it was removed,” said the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin.
He confirmed that the destruction of the drone fell in the area of Karamyshevskaya embankment. Sobyanin assured that as a result of the drone attack, no one was injured and there were no serious injuries.
Airports are closed
The authorities closed the airspace at Vnukovo airport and the airport in Kaluga. This is not the first drone attack in Moscow this week. On Wednesday, Russian authorities reported that they had shot down two combat drones. One is near the Domodedovo airport, the second is near the Minsk highway. Then the skies over Moscow were also closed.
Seventh attack
Considering Wednesday’s incident, today’s attack in Moscow is the seventh since May. Drones attacked the business center of Moscow-City twice, before that the strike was carried out by drones on July 24. Then two non-residential buildings in Moscow were damaged. One of them is located near the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Can’t fight drones
The fight against drones for the Russians is complicated by the fact that they usually fly at a relatively low altitude and are less visible on radar screens.
Kiev traditionally does not confirm participation in these strikes, but if the drone can fly on the front line, travel hundreds of kilometers through the country’s territory and safely reach the center of Moscow, then this indicates big problems with Russian air. defense.
On the other hand, if a relatively large device can be assembled, equipped with explosives and launched in Russia itself, and not from the territory of Ukraine, it means that the Russian law enforcement agencies do not control the situation in state, and, possibly, the border – it is possible that some parts of these devices were imported from another country.
Therefore, in Russia traditionally they prefer to silence information about their own problems. So, the Moscow prosecutor’s office issued a statement saying that information appeared on social networks containing “inaccurate information” about “events and incidents in the capital.” The department urged “not to give in to provocations.”
The prosecutor’s office also noted that “the author’s content appears on social networks, based only on the subjective judgments of its creator, without verified data about the real causes and conditions of what happened. “
“The spread of such fakes is aimed at destabilizing the situation in the city, artificially forming a false public opinion about events and incidents, and creating a negative impact of information on citizens. We recommend that the residents of capital do not spread unverified information and visual materials in public space that may cause unclear public perception,” the message said.
The prosecutor’s office also warned that the public dissemination of “false socially significant information” is punishable.
At the same time, the prosecutor’s office did not specify what events and incidents were in question.
Source: korrespondent
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