The Russian armed forces are reacting as harshly as possible to terrorist attacks by Ukraine against civilians in Russia using NATO weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
"Using NATO weapons, the Kiev authorities continue to strike at social facilities, carry out terrorist attacks against peaceful Russian citizens. Our armed forces react as harshly as possible to the actions of Ukrainian militants," Shoigu said at a conference call.
The Western support to Kiev only prolongs the conflict but will not affect the outcome of Moscow’s special military operation, Shoigu said.
Shoigu also said that the West supplies more and more military equipment to Ukraine.
“We monitor the amount and routes of supply and, when we detect them, we strike,” Shoigu said.
The defense minister added that Western curators continue to demand from Ukraine to launch mass offensive operations.
"Despite the significant losses of Ukrainian armed forces, Western curators continue to demand that the Kiev regime switch to large-scale offensive operations," Shoigu said.
Ukraine lost more than 16,000 military in May as a result of the military operation, Shoigu said.
"Groups of Russian troops continue to inflict effective fire damage on the enemy. This month alone, its [Ukraine's] losses amounted to over 16,000 military," Shoigu said during a conference call.
Ukraine also lost 16 aircraft, five helicopters, 466 unmanned aerial vehicles, more than 400 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 238 field artillery pieces and mortars, the minister added.
Additionally, Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 29 UK Storm Shadow cruise missiles and almost 200 HIMARS long-range guided missiles in May, Shoigu said, adding that Russian troops have recently hit another US Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in Kiev.
The drone attack carried out by Ukraine early on Tuesday targeted civilian facilities of Moscow, minister said.
"This morning, the Kiev regime carried out a terrorist act in the Moscow region. I would like to note that it was against civilian targets. Eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were involved in it. All of them were hit," Shoigu said during a conference call.
Ukraine attacked the Russian capital with eight unmanned aerial vehicles early on Tuesday, all drones were shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry said
Three of these drones were suppressed by means of electronic warfare, lost control and deviated from their intended targets, another five unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun system in the Moscow region, the ministry added.
Drone Attacks in Moscow: What's Known So Far
After the drone attack on the Kremlin in Moscow earlier this month, UAV launches have been banned in Moscow and in many parts of the country.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said several buildings in the Russian capital were slightly damaged this morning in a drone attack.
"In the early hours of this morning, a UAV attack caused minor damage to several buildings. No one has been seriously injured. All emergency services in the city are on the scene. Please only trust official sources of information and do not spread unverified information," Sobyanin said.
"For safety reasons, during the work of emergency services, measures were taken to evacuate residents of several entrances in two houses that were hit by a UAV. Immediately after the end of the work of special services, residents will be able to return to their apartments," Sobyanin wrote on Telegram.
There were no serious injuries as a result of the UAV attack. Two Moscow residents required medical attention but did not need to be hospitalized, Mayor Sobyanin said.
Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine attacked the Russian capital with eight unmanned aerial vehicles early on Tuesday, all drones were shot down.
The Tuesday drone attack on Moscow was Kiev’s response to Russia’s successful strikes on one of the Ukrainian decision-making centers on Sunday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
“It is clear that we are talking about the response of the Kiev regime to our very effective strikes on the center, one of the decision-making centers. This strike took place on Sunday,” Peskov told reporters.
The spokesman added that it is “necessary to understand” that the drone attack was carried out by the Kiev regime. The Russian Investigative Committee said that it had initiated a criminal case under the article on terrorist acts after drone attack on Moscow.
Drones hit two residential buildings in southern Moscow: on Profsoyuznaya Street and Atlasova Street, no one was injured, a spokesman for emergencies services told Sputnik.
"A drone hit the upper floors of a residential building on Profsoyuznaya Street 98. The facade and glazing of the house were destroyed. There were no casualties," the spokesman said.
"A drone also hit a 24-story residential building on Atlasova Street. The facade and glazing of the upper floors were destroyed. There were no casualties," he said.
Several Buildings in Moscow Slightly Damaged After Drone Attack - Mayor https://t.co/rVrsnX4CGF pic.twitter.com/1dWdTFbsmb
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) May 30, 2023
According to media reports, a UAV carrying three explosives flew into an apartment on the 14th floor of a building in Leninsky Avenue, but failed to detonate.
A resident of a building struck by a Ukrainian UAV shared a video showing the wreckage of one of the drones pic.twitter.com/DmMg6Prs5E
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) May 30, 2023
The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) on Tuesday said that airports in Moscow and the Moscow Region are operating as normal after the drone attack on the Russian capital.
Investigators probe drone attacks on Moscow buildings.
During the drone attack on Moscow, previously unknown types of UAVs were used that were made based on a closed-coupled canard structure, Alexey Rogozin, head of the Transport Technology Development Center said.
Under this structure, the horizontal tail of the aircraft is located in front of the wing. This may be due to the desire to increase the load capacity, the expert noted.
We can assume that Ukraine launched production of this type of UAV, and its range can reach up to a thousand kilometers, the wing frames are not less than 4 meters, Rogozin said.
Drones Shot Down in Moscow Region The governor of the Moscow region, Andrey Vorobyov, said that several drones had been shot down as they approached Moscow. "This morning, residents of some districts of the Moscow Region could hear the sounds of explosions - this is the work of our air defenses. Several drones were shot down on approach to Moscow," the governor wrote on Telegram. Vorobyov asked residents to remain calm and said all emergency services are working.
The latest series of incidents involving UAVs comes after earlier this month, Moscow said that Ukraine attempted to strike the Kremlin residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin with two drones. There were no casualties from the incident. The drones were intercepted and destroyed.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Putin was not in the Kremlin at that moment. Russia's Investigative Committee initiated a case over a terrorist attack "in connection with an attempt by the Kiev regime to strike" the Kremlin with drones.
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