Two drones crashed on approach to the warehouses of a military base in Russia's Moscow Region, Governor Andrey Vorobyov said on Wednesday.
Kiev tried to carry out a terrorist attack on objects in the Moscow Region, using drones, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"Today, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on objects in the Moscow region with three aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles was thwarted," the ministry said in a statement, adding that all UAVs were suppressed by means of electronic warfare.
As a result of the failed terrorist attack, there were no casualties or damage, the statement read.
Special services are currently working on the site and the scene has been cordoned off.
Earlier in the day, Andrey Vorobyov, the governor of Moscow Region, said that in the early hours of Wednesday, two unidentified drones fell near the settlement of Kalinetz, around 30km southwest of the Russian capital. He claimed that the aircraft were approaching warehouses of one of the army units in the area and were taken down by the military.
Meanwhile, TASS news agency reported, citing sources, that the drones crashed near the home base of Russia’s 2nd Guards Taman Motor Rifle Division.
This is not the first time Ukraine has attempted to attack targets in Moscow Region and the capital itself. Last month, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that Kiev launched an attack on Moscow involving eight drones which were either shot down by air defenses, or suppressed by electronic warfare means. The local authorities said that the raid damaged several residential buildings, but did not cause any serious injuries.
At the time, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov praised the work of Russia’s air defenses, suggesting that the attack came in response to an earlier strike by Moscow on one of Ukrainian “decision-making centers.”
Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Moscow’s attack targeted the Ukrainian military’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR).
Over 170 victims of Kiev troops found in makeshift graves in LPR over past week — official
More than 170 people, killed by Kiev troops, have been found in makeshift graves on the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) over the past week, the head of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, has told TASS in an interview.
"Territorial investigative bodies continue an active effort to examine makeshift burial sites together with experts of the Forensic Center and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In the past week alone, a total of 101 such graves were examined in the LPR. 171 bodies have been found, 131 of them have already been identified," he said.
Bastrykin said that the Donetsk branch of the Forensic Center has begun its work.
Ukrainian Drone Hits Residential Building in Downtown Donetsk
A Ukrainian drone hit a residential high-rise building in the city of Donetsk in Russia's Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Wednesday morning, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
The drone hit an apartment on the 20th floor. There was no one in the apartment at the time of the incident, no one was injured
The incident occurred at Mayakovsky Avenue in the center of Donetsk.
Rescuers, firefighters and law enforcement officers are working at the scene.
France has NATO-for-truce plan for Ukraine – media
The French government may attempt to lure Kiev to the negotiating table with Russia by offering support for Ukraine’s accession to NATO after the conflict is over, French media reports.
According to Le Monde, this approach was discussed at the Elysee Palace on Monday last week by the French Defense Council. The hope is that if Ukraine joins the US-led military bloc, this would deter further hostilities, according to the report on Tuesday. A military source told the newspaper that the French position is “closer to that of Poland than that of Germany.”
Russia considers NATO a hostile organization and has called attempts to include Ukraine in the bloc a ‘red line’ for national security. Moscow launched its military operation in the neighboring country last year after NATO members refused to discuss its security concerns. The organization was quietly absorbing Ukraine without formally including it, Russian officials claimed.
The deliberations in Paris come ahead of a summit of NATO leaders which will take place in Lithuania next month. Last week, US President Joe Biden poured cold water on hopes that Ukraine’s candidacy would be fast-tracked. He stated that the country would have to meet the same standards as everyone else and that “we are not going to make it easy.”
The Biden administration is reportedly siding with the cautious German position rather than with Poland and other countries which want to see a swift roadmap for Ukraine to join NATO. According to the New York Times, Kiev may instead receive an upgrade of relations with the bloc to the council level – the same that Russia once had – and a pledge of continued arms supplies.
Kiev demands the full withdrawal of Russian troops from territory that Ukraine claims before any peace talks. A ‘peace plan’ promoted by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky demands this, as well as reparations and other concessions. Moscow has rejected the proposal, calling it detached from reality.
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