Ukraine Conflict
Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 with the aim of saving the people of Donbass - primarily the Russian-speaking population - from Kiev's constant attacks.

Russia Destroys Two Ukrainian Drones Trying to Reach Moscow

© AP Photo / Alexander ZemlianichenkoA view of the Kremlin with Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.
A view of the Kremlin with Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. - Sputnik India, 1920, 21.08.2023
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Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin said that one of the drones tried to fly up to Moscow.
Russia's on-duty air defense forces have destroyed two Ukrainian drones over the Moscow Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

"On August 21, at 08:16 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack with an aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle was thwarted. The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was timely detected and destroyed by the air defense forces on the territory of the Istra District of the Moscow Region," the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier in the day, the ministry said that Russian air defense systems suppressed a Ukrainian drone by means of electronic warfare.
Later, Moscow regions governor Andrey Vorobyov said taht two people were injured after the wreckage of a drone fell in the Istrinsky District in the region.
"There are two injured — a man was hospitalized in a medical facility, a woman refused hospitalization. Windows were also shattered in three houses. All emergency services are on site," Vorobyov wrote on Telegram.
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