On the 23rd, the commercial district ‘Moscow City’, 5 km from the Kremlin in Moscow, was attacked by an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone).
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a Telegram message that the drone had hit a building in downtown Moscow, adding that “there were no casualties”.
On this day, local media such as TASS and RIA Novosti reported with a video of an explosion and white smoke rising, “A loud noise was heard in downtown Moscow around 3 am this morning, and smoke occurred in a building in the same area shortly after.” I did.
Moscow City is a business center located near the Kremlin, where high-rise buildings ranging from 20 to 100 floors are concentrated.
Drone attacks also occurred in other parts of Moscow on the same day, and Moscow’s major airports suspended flights from dawn.
In this regard, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that “one drone attacked a building in downtown Moscow and two others (Russian forces) were shot down in the western part of Moscow.”
Ukraine has not made an official statement on the situation.
Amid daily airstrikes in the Russian capital, Moscow City was hit by a drone four days ago.
Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said it “does not recommend drone strikes inside Russia” after recent drone strikes in Russia, including Moscow.
The United States does not encourage or enable attacks inside Russia, a US State Department spokesperson said after Russian authorities said they downed drones that tried to attack Moscow early on Wednesday https://t.co/OFox1dOwj3
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 23, 2023
However, he added, “It is entirely Ukraine’s choice how to defend itself.”
The State Department’s position is interpreted as a response to concerns that a Russian inland attack would escalate into an escalation of war with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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2023-08-23 08:52:03
