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Drones crashed into two skyscrapers in Moscow’s premier business district on Sunday, sparking a fireball and leaving giant charred holes in the facet of the buildings, in the most recent assault on the Russian capital.
Videos taken by eyewitnesses confirmed a drone flying at daybreak between the excessive rises of the Moscow City business space after which crashing, inflicting an explosion on the base of one of many towers. Another video taken from inside one of many buildings confirmed a destroyed workplace house scattered with particles.
The district, which is grouped on the embankment of the Moscow river on the western fringe of town, is house to many main Russian firms, corresponding to VTB Bank and Norilsk Nickel. Moscow’s mayor mentioned there have been no casualties.
The assault marks a minimum of the fifth time that drones have reached Moscow since May when two drones have been shot down late at evening over the Kremlin. Others have hit buildings in suburban areas, and 6 days in the past drones additionally crashed into extra centrally situated buildings, together with one workplace block.
There was no speedy declare of accountability for Sunday’s drone assault. Ukraine, which was invaded by Russian forces final 12 months, has tended to not declare drone assaults on Russian territory or in Crimea.
Russia’s defence ministry claimed that in Sunday’s assault the drones misplaced management and crashed after they’d been suppressed by its electromagnetic defences.
“One Ukrainian drone was destroyed in the air by air defence means over the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region,” the defence ministry mentioned in an announcement.
“Two more drones were suppressed by electronic warfare means and, having lost control, crashed on the territory of the complex of non-residential buildings in Moscow City,” it added.
The ministry additionally claimed to have taken down 25 drones over the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014.
