Russian authorities reported on Wednesday that two drones were shot down outside of Moscow as they approached the storage facilities of a local military unit. This could be the most recent attempt by Ukraine to attack targets within Russia amid the early phases of Kyiv’s most recent counteroffensive. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, asserted that the Ukrainian forces were regrouping following what he regarded as an unsuccessful counteroffensive and might be getting ready to launch new attacks on Russian positions
As per Russian media, the two drones crashed close to the settlement of Lukino, which is administratively a part of Moscow. A third drone’s remains were apparently discovered some 20 kilometers (12 miles) away. There were no recorded casualties or damage. The Kyiv regime’s “unsuccessful attempt at a terrorist attack” on Russian installations in the Moscow area, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, which also claimed that electronic jamming brought down all three drones.
Ukraine did not respond right away and typically does not confirm strikes on Russian soil. Prior to the Russian invasion and conflict that began in February 2022, Ukrainian politicians emphasized the nation’s right to attack any target. The Russian capital was shaken last month by two drone attacks that seemed to be Kyiv’s most audacious and dangerous incursions into the country
On May 3, the first one was intended to hit the Kremlin directly, but the Russian government declared that the explosives were shot down before they could cause any harm. Although there was little physical damage, the second one, which occurred on May 30, brought the conflict home to Moscow residents. The air defense system in Moscow “worked in a satisfactory way” at the time of the Kremlin attack, according to Putin, who added that it was “clear what we need to do to plug the gaps” in the system. There are reports of other drones doing repeated deep-sky flights over Russia. Ukrainian drones have routinely flown close to Moscow since a UJ-22 crashed in February, 100 kilometers (60 miles) away.
In confirming the drone attack on Wednesday, Dmitry Peskov of the Kremlin said simply that “the means of combatting drones did their job.” According to Sergei Aksyonov, the Crimean Peninsula’s newly-installed Russian ruler, train service was momentarily halted on Wednesday.
The rail lines were reportedly blown up overnight in what seemed to be sabotage activities, according to certain Russian media outlets. Aksyonov declined to specify what caused the outage. The officials declared that the service had been restored a short while afterwards. In order to supply Russian forces stationed at the front line in eastern and southern Ukraine, rail routes through the Crimea are essential. In 2014, Russia took Crimea from Ukraine in a move that the majority of the world views as unlawful. In a counteroffensive that just recently got underway, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stated that his nation wants to retake the peninsula.
He assured graduates of the military college that the Russian military would also purchase more drones. Wednesday saw the adoption of a fresh set of anti-Russian penalties by the members of the European Union, including measures to stop third parties and companies from getting around current bans. They might, for instance, prohibit the export of sensitive technology goods to nations that might then give them to Russia.
Source- Republic World
