Moscow was hit by a drone attack on Tuesday, but there were no reported casualties. The attack caused minor damage to several buildings in the city, according to Moscow’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin. Emergency services responded quickly to the incident. Two drones were involved in the attack, with one striking the upper floors of a residential building in southwest Moscow and the other hitting a 24-story apartment block in the same area.
Air defenses successfully intercepted and shot down multiple drones approaching the city, said Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov on his Telegram channel. This is the second drone attack on Moscow after an earlier one on the Kremlin on May 3. Russia claims Ukraine was responsible for both attacks, but Ukraine denies involvement in the May 3 incident.
American intelligence agencies suspect Ukrainian involvement in the May 3 attack on the Kremlin, according to a report by The New York Times. It is unclear whether Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky or his top officials were aware of the operation. The report suggests a loose grouping of Ukrainian units could be working together to carry out small-scale operations inside and outside Russia, without much supervision from Zelensky and other highly-placed Ukrainian officials. American officials also believe that these units may have been responsible for other attacks near the Russia-Ukraine border.
