Just as Moscow was beginning to recover from the shock of Evgeniy Prigozhin’s march on the capital, the city has, once again, been targeted by drones.
In the early hours of this morning, according to the Russian ministry of defence, five drones were intercepted before they reached the capital. Eyewitnesses reported seeing two of the drones flying in the direction of Moscow at a low altitude of approximately 200 metres. They came within touching distance of the city, getting as far as the New Moscow suburb to the south west.
According to Russia, four of the drones were shot down. Footage circulating on Russian social media allegedly filmed at the time the drones were taken out has caught the sound of a huge boom echoing around the tall apartment blocks of outer Moscow. The footage has not been independently verified.
Muscovites will be feeling jumpy
The independent bilingual newspaper the Moscow Times reports that two of the drones landed in an open field 2.5
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