Russia says it downed three Ukrainian drones in Moscow area | World News

Moscow: Russian air defences downed three drones within the Moscow area on Wednesday, the defence ministry mentioned, in what it referred to as an tried Ukrainian assault.

The ministry mentioned Russian defences had used digital jamming to trigger the drones to lose management and crash, with out inflicting any casualties or injury.

Reuters couldn't independently confirm particulars of the incident or decide who had launched the drones.

Ukraine virtually by no means feedback on navy operations outdoors its personal borders, however drone assaults on Russian territory - together with in Moscow itself, the place two reached the Kremlin complicated and others struck components of town in Could - have turn out to be an more and more frequent prevalence.

Moscow regional governor Andrei Vorobyov mentioned two of the drones in Wednesday’s incident had been intercepted as they approached navy warehouses.

The TASS information company mentioned they had been aimed on the Taman Division of Russia’s Floor Forces which relies in Kalininets, some 60km from the Kremlin.

Individually, the governor of Russian-annexed Crimea reported unspecified injury to the railway community within the japanese city of Feodosia, with out stating the trigger. He mentioned prepare visitors had been suspended however could be restored inside two hours.

“I ask everybody to stay calm and belief solely verified sources of knowledge,” Sergei Aksyonov, the governor, mentioned in an announcement.

Self-styled partisan teams have reported frequent assaults on Russian rail infrastructure, generally leading to derailments, in the course of the 16 months since Russia invaded Ukraine.