RT: Large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow repelled
Eleven UAVs have been downed in the vicinity of the Russian capital overnight, according to the Defense Ministry
Note: The Russian people are starting to become angry at Russian President Putin for being too restrained in the Russian-Ukraine conflict. They are urging the Russian president to strike back hard.
Russian air defenses have prevented “one of the largest” Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow, the city’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, has said. There were no reports of casualties or damage on the ground, he added.
Sobyanin reported the destruction of the first UAV near the city of Podolsk, some 40km south of Moscow, at around 3am on Wednesday. Shortly afterwards, he stated that two other drones had been shot down in the area, adding that preliminary information indicated there were no casualties or damage.
In a series of follow-up posts over the course of about an hour, Sobyanin said several more drones had been destroyed, taking the total number to ten. He did not specify where exactly the UAVs had been shot down or what the target of the raid had been.
“The existing multi-layered defense of Moscow against enemy UAVs allowed to successfully repel all attacks... This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with drones ever. We continue to monitor the situation,” Sobyanin said.
Several hours later, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that “the Kiev regime” had attempted to carry out a “terrorist attack” using drones, adding that 11 UAVs had been shot down over Moscow Region alone. The ministry noted that a total of 45 drones were destroyed over Russia overnight, with the bulk taken down over the border Bryansk Region.
Ukraine has periodically tried to target the Russian capital – located more than 500km from the front line – with drone raids, although most of the UAVs have been neutralized short of their targets. Some of the strikes were aimed at government buildings and Moscow’s IT quarter.
One of the most high-profile attacks took place in May 2023, when Russia accused Ukraine of launching two drones at the Kremlin to assassinate President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader was not present in the building at the time.
Originally published in RT 21st August 2024
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this sounds exactly like what happened to Germany prior to WW2. The so-called 'allies' spent years doing similar things, which Hitler chose to respond with restraint and not escalate. The entire idea of the unprovoked Blitzkrieg is a lie, provably so. There are piles of archives showing this, including letters written to Churchill and speeches given and newspaper articles, etc.
The Ukrainians are clearly being lulled into a false sense of security with the Russians allowing them to feel they are gaining the upper hand in this war. The Russians want them to enter into Russia proper before Medvedev's threats become real. A couple of nuclear tipped missiles will rain in Kiev and perhaps even cross to Poland to engulf Europe (the thus far silent participant in this war) in a show of brinkmanship. It will be a retaliate or withdraw moment for NATO and Ukraine then.