Russian drones attacked Kyiv last night, the 17th such assault this month. But this time there was a difference: just after 4 a.m, Moscow came under what seemed to be a retaliatory attack. Most of the 25 drones were shot down by the city’s air defences, but three managed to get through. As Russia has found in Ukraine, this ratio is not unusual for drone attacks.
Of the drones that did succeed in flying over Moscow, one failed to detonate but the other two hit buildings in the New Moscow area of the city. Footage has surfaced on Russian social media purporting to show drones flying over Moscow suburbs in the direction of the capital, including over the upmarket area of Rublyovka, a suburb popular with many of Putin’s associates and home to a number of enormous mansions. In the videos, the drones seem to be flying low to the ground, just above the buildings.
Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, has been playing things down, insisting that damage to buildings has been minimal with just two people lightly injured and no fatalities so far.
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