Russia says destroyed Ukrainian drones in Moscow, Black Sea
Black Sea Fleet, officials said Friday, the latest in a surge of attacks on the capital and the flashpoint waterway. The drone assaults came as a Russian-proxy official confirmed speculation that Ukrainian forces had breached the left bank of the Dnipro river, the de facto frontline in the south of the country. Russia's defence ministry said its air force downed a Ukrainian drone over the capital at about 04:00 (0100 GMT) on Friday.
«The UAV, after being exposed to air defence weapons, changed its flight path and fell on a non-residential building in the Krasnopresnenskaya embankment area of Moscow,» the ministry said. Moscow's mayor said emergency services were on the scene, but that early reports indicated there were no casualties. «The wreckage of the UAV fell in the area of the Expo Centre, and did not cause significant damage to the building,» Sergei Sobyanin said on social media.
The walls of the venue's pavilion had partially collapsed, AFP journalists on the scene reported. Russian news agencies reported that airspace near Vnukovo international airport was briefly closed, with departures and arrivals delayed. — 'War' coming to Russia — The expo centre, on the Krasnopresnenskaya embankment of the Moskva River, hosts regular exhibitions and trade shows.
The venue is 100 metres (328 feet) from Moscow-City, an office block in the capital's main business district that was struck twice within days by debris from downed drone strikes this month. Until a series of attacks in recent months, the capital had not been targeted during the conflict in Ukraine, which began more than a year ago. Last week, Russia destroyed a Ukrainian drone over Moscow's west, with debris landing in a park on the Karamyshevskaya embankment.
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