Russia shoots down two Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow

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MOSCOW: Two Ukrainian combat drones headed for Moscow were shot down, Russian officials said on Wednesday (Aug 9), the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital. The a

Russia's defence ministry said Thursday it had downed seven drones -- also near Kaluga, which is less than 200km southwest of Moscow.with the country's"symbolic centres and military bases" becoming targets.

An office block in the capital's main business district was recently struck twice within days by debris from a downed drone attack.The drones shot down near Moscow's Domodedovo and Minsk highway come a day after Russia claimed a missile attack that it said targeted a Ukrainian army command post in the eastern city of Pokrovsk.

Two missiles - launched 40 minutes apart - damaged residential buildings, a hotel, cafes, shops and administrative buildings. At least nine people were killed in the attack and 82 were wounded, including two children, Zelenskyy said Tuesday. The Russian claim to be targeting a command post was an"absolute lie", Sergiy Cherevaty, the spokesman for Ukraine's operational command east, told AFP.Pokrovsk sits just 40km from the eastern front line, where Moscow says it is gaining ground and repelling Ukrainian attacks.

 

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