LIVE UPDATES - Russian Forces Wipe Out Last Ukrainian Combat Ship In Odessa

The Ship Yury Olefirenko
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Russia’s Aerospace Forces destroyed the last Ukrainian combat ship in the Odessa port in the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Wednesday.

"On May 29, the Ukrainian Navy’s last combat ship Yury Olefirenko was destroyed as a result of a strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces’ precision weapons against the anchorage of naval ships in the Odessa port," the spokesman said.

The Ukrainian Navy operated about 25 combat ships, including five patrol and six artillery boats before Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine.

In addition, the Ukrainian Navy’s combat assets included the Gola Pristan anti-saboteur boat and the Svatovo assault boat. Upon Kiev’s attempt to storm Snake Island in the Black Sea on May 9 last year, Russian forces sank three Ukrainian Centaur-class armored assault boats and each of them could have carried a marine infantry platoon.

The Ukrainian Navy also operated nine armored gunboats, one of which, the Akkerman, was abandoned by the crew in Berdyansk, according to information of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily. The Vinnitsa corvette and the Yury Olefirenko medium amphibious assault ship were sunk.

The Yuri Olefirenko warship is classified as a landing craft that were built in the 1960s and 1970s in Poland for the USSR Navy. The ship was commissioned in 1971.

In the meantime, the most fierce fighting is ongoing in the area of Avdeevka in the Donetsk direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that Ukraine lost over 200 soldiers here over the past day. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in May alone, Ukrainian troops lost more than 16,000 servicemen, as well as over 20 planes and helicopters, 466 drones, four hundred tanks and other armored vehicles, 238 field artillery guns and mortars.

Akhmat Fighters Successfully Advance Near Maryinka - Russian MoD

Earlier, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that Chechen units had received orders to redeploy their forces, and their zone of responsibility had become the territory of the DPR - the Akhmat Special Forces and the Sever Akhmat Regiment were transferred to the Maryinka direction.

The assault troops of the 5th motorized infantry brigade and the fighters of the Akhmat Special Rapid Response Unit are advancing in the Maryinka direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"The 5th motorized infantry brigade and the Akhmat special-purpose troops are successfully advancing in the Maryinka tactical direction," the ministry said.

Russian Defense Ministry added that the fiercest battles during the special military operation over the past 24 hours have been taking place in the Donetsk direction, near Avdeevka.

Earlier, it was reported that the Akhmat special forces fighters had received orders to relocate and now the Donetsk people's republic is their area of responsibility. According to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the units have the task of switching to active military operations and liberating a number of populated areas. The head of Chechnya said in his Telegram channel that the redeployment of Chechen units is supported by the Ministry of Defense.

Special operation, May 31. Main:

▪️Ukraine is going to go on the offensive this summer and can count on an early supply of additional weapons from the United States, the White House said;

▪️The United States does not encourage attacks on Russian territory, because they do not want the conflict in Ukraine to escalate into a "war against the West," the White House noted;

▪️Russian aviation on May 29 destroyed the last warship of Ukraine "Yury Olefirenko", the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday;

▪️Russian air defense systems intercepted one Storm Shadow cruise missile and 12 HIMARS MLRS shells, and also destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones, the Russian defense ministry said;

▪️Work to improve the effectiveness of the Russian air defense system will continue, Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said;

▪️The IAEA staff will continue to monitor whether weapons are located at the ZNPP, whether it is under fire or fire is being fired from it, said IAEA Director General Grossi;

▪️The Russian Federation does not plan to deploy military contingents and military equipment intended for offensive operations on the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP, Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko said;

▪️Only those forces are at the ZNPP that are necessary to protect it from attacks by Ukraine, as well as to eliminate their possible consequences, he added.

What are ATACMS Missiles and Why is US Threatening to Give Them to Kiev?

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President Joe Biden has confirmed the US is still mulling over whether to send MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missiles to Ukraine. What are these weapons?
What are their characteristics?
And why has Russia warned that their delivery to Kiev might drag Washington into a direct confrontation with Moscow?

"That’s still in play" was Joe Biden's four-word answer to a reporter outside the White House on Monday after being asked whether the US plans to deliver ATACMS to Ukraine. He did not elaborate.

Made to be used by the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System road-mobile multiple rocket launchers which the US began to send to Ukraine last summer, and older M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (M270s) sent by Germany, Italy, Norway, and the UK, ATACMS have been touted by US media and politicians as one of the most fearsome conventional weapons in America’s arsenal.

What are ATACMS Used For, What is Their Range, How Fast Can They Fly, and How Accurate are They?

Created in the mid-1980s at the twilight of the Cold War and entering into service with the US Army in early 1991, just in time for a US-led war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, ATACMS are a solid-fuel, surface-to-surface ballistic missile with an effective firing range of up to 300 km, and a maximum velocity during boost phase of up to Mach 3, or 1 km/second, making them difficult to intercept using older air defense systems.

ATACMS’ characteristics vary wildly depending on model, block number, and configuration. For example, while they can be armed with 500 pound (230 kg) penetrating high explosive blast fragmentation warheads, they can also be fitted with other explosives weighing anywhere from 160 and 560 kg, including anti-personnel and material cluster "bomblets."

There are also notable differences in the weapons’ guidance systems, with older variants relying on inertial guidance, while newer missiles include built-in GPS.

Where Have ATACMS Been Used Before and What Countries Have Them?

Along with the 1991 Gulf War, ATACMS were used extensively during the US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the 2000s.

Besides the US military, the missiles are operated by just a handful of US partners and clients, including NATO allies Greece, Turkiye, Poland, and Romania, as well as South Korea, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Australia, Taiwan, Lithuania, Estonia, and Morocco have either signed contracts on the purchase of the weapons, or submitted formal requests to do so.

How Much Do ATACMS Cost?

ATACMS are pricey. So pricey that the Netherlands decided to shop around for and find an alternative earlier this year. Finland made a similar move in 2014. The US Army – the ATACMS’ main user, decided to wind the program down in 2007, citing high costs, and penning a life extension contract with Lockheed Martin to upgrade the remaining stock of missiles. A specialized "cross-domain" ATACMS proposed in 2016 was also killed off in the fiscal 2021 defense spending bill, due to unspecified "technical problems."

ATACMS have an estimated cost of over one million dollars (the Pentagon provided an $820,000 per missile price tag in the late 1990s – which would be equivalent to over $1.5 million today, with no newer valuations made available since).

Over 3,700 ATACMS of various modifications were produced between the late 1980s and 2007, with about 600 expended by Washington in its wars over the past 30 years.

What is the Russian Equivalent of the ATACMS?

About half-a-dozen non-US missile systems have been compared to the ATACMS, including the OTR-21 Tochka, a Soviet-made tactical ballistic missile, the 9K720 Iskander, a Russian-made missile, the Fateh-313 – an Iranian-made tactical missile design, and the P-12 variant of China's B-611 missile. North Korea, India, Israel, and Ukraine have also tinkered with comparable systems, with varying degrees of success.

Iskanders boast superior range and payload characteristics to the ATACMS, but their launchers are only capable of firing their specially designed missiles, whereas ATACMS can be fired from HIMARS and MLRS launchers.

What System is Expected to Replace the ATACMS?

Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile is expected to succeed the ATACMS. In development since 2016, the missile is expected to have a longer maximum range (500 km or more), and be slim-lined to allow for two to be fitted per carrier. Why Would ATACMS Deployment in Ukraine Be a Major Escalation?

In light of Kiev’s propensity to use its Western-provided weapons to attack targets inside Russia – including civilian infrastructure in Donbass, Moscow has warned repeatedly that sending ATACMS to Ukraine would dramatically increase the danger of an escalation, and possibly even lead to direct military clashes between Russia and the US.

Earlier this year, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov blasted lawmakers in Washington over their calls to ship ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for strikes against Crimea, calling such proposals "an element of psychological warfare," and warning that the West’s escalation of the proxy war could have unpredictable consequences.

In late 2022, US media reported that Pentagon officials had urged the White House not to send ATACMS to Ukraine, similarly citing their potential use "against targets inside Russian territory," and the danger that they could "potentially set off a wider war with Russia."

Putin Confirms Russian Strike on Ukrainian Military Intel HQ in Kiev

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Earlier, Ukrainian media reported that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense had been hit in an overnight Russian missile strike. The strike followed a series of threats by senior Main Intelligence Directorate officials to "kill Russians" around the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that Russia carried out an attack on the headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry in Kiev.

"Since the start of the special military operation, the Russian Armed Forces are striking Ukraine, but using high-precision weapons. They are targeting military infrastructure, arms depots and other targets that could be used for military action," Putin said, speaking to a reporter at an economic exhibition on Tuesday.

"We've already mentioned that we can strike decision-making centers and headquarters. Obviously, the Military Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's headquarters is also such a target. And in response, as you are well aware, the Kiev regime chose a different path, a path to try to intimidate Russia and its citizens, to try to target residential buildings. It is an obvious indicator of terrorist activity," Putin said, referring to Tuesday morning's attempted drone attack on the Russian capital.

The president expressed contentment with the state of Moscow's air defenses, saying they had worked "in a satisfactory manner" in deflecting Tuesday's morning attack, although "there's still some progress to be made."

"We've faced similar problems in Khmeimim in Syria, although of course the size of the territories of our airbase in Syria and Moscow are not comparable, because Moscow is a huge city...But it's obvious what needs to be done to make the air defenses around our capital city better, and we will do that," Putin said.

Putin said he was concerned by Kiev's apparent attempt to push Russia into a mirror response. "We'll see what we do with this," he said, while expressing hope that ordinary Ukrainians will come to recognize what their government is pushing them towards, not only through the drone attack on Moscow, but attempts to target the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.

The Russian president also delved into a bit of history surrounding the Ukrainian crisis, saying that after the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the country came under the control of people seeking to create a Western-backed "anti-Russia." At the same time, he said, NATO, after decades of expansion - despite commitments to Moscow not to do so, had found its way to Ukraine's doorstep, declaring its doors open to Kiev at the alliance's Bucharest Summit in 2008.

"It's not enough that they lied to us when they said that there would be no eastward expansion of NATO. They've even reached Ukraine. And in 2014, as you are well aware, carried out a coup d'etat and started to eliminate everyone who wanted to have normal relations with Russia in one way or another. Besides this, they started a war in the Donbass, and then lied to everyone when they said they want to resolve the situation with peaceful means. Now they admit openly that they were lying, and that they just wanted to win some time to muster their forces" in preparation for a conflict with Russia, Putin said.

Strike on Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate

Putin's comments follow reports in Ukrainian and Russian media earlier in the day that Russia had attacked and destroyed the headquarters of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate in Kiev in a missile strike. Traffic along the bridge leading to to the island where the directorate is based was blocked off in the early hours of May 30.

The Ukrainian MoD's Main Intelligence Directorate is responsible for coordinating sabotage, terror and drone attacks inside Russia. In recent weeks, its senior officials have made a series of unambiguous statements about the need to ramp up efforts to "kill Russians," both in Russia and around the world.

"All I will comment on is that we've been killing Russians and we will keep killing Russians anywhere on the face of this world until the complete victory of Ukraine," Military Intelligence Directorate head Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with US media earlier this month, after being asked to comment on whether Kiev was involved in last year's murder of Russian journalist Daria Dugina. Several weeks later, Budanov confirmed to German media that the list of his agency's targets include Russia's president.

This is what Putin meant by saying Kyrylo Budanov,the chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense : would kill all Russians.

Russia Reacts Harshly to Ukrainian Terrorist Attacks With NATO Weapons - Shoigu

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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.

Thailand Open 2023 - Babak Kualifikasi Hari ini

Ganda putri Indonesia Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari/Rachel Alessya Rose. Mereka tanding di Thailand Open 2023.

Thailand Open bertajuk 'Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand Open 2023', turnamen dengan level super 500, hari ini sedang berlangsung babak kualifikasi. 5 wakil Indonesia bertanding hari ini.

Di nomor ganda putra, Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani, di nomor ganda putri, Meilysa Trias Puspitasari/Rachel Allessya Rose dan tiga di nomor ganda campuran, pasangan Amri Syahnawi/Winny Oktavina Kandow, pasangan Jafar Hidayatullah/Aisyah Salsabila P Pranata dan Adnan Maulana/Nita Violina Marwah,

Hari ini bertandingan sedang berlangsung, di Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, mulai pukul 08.00 WIB. Berikut ini jadwal pertandingan badminton Thailand Open 2023 laga perdana, Selasa (30/5/2023).

Babak Kualifikasi

Court 2

[XD] - Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Lin Xiao Min (Taiwan) vs Jafar Hidayatullah/Aisyah Salsabila P Pranata (Indonesia) - Match 1

Court 3

[XD] - Mikkel Mikkelsen/Rikke Soby (Denmark) vs Amri Syahnawi/Winny Oktavina Kandow (Indonesia) - Match 2

[XD] - Adnan Maulana/Nita Violina Marwah (Indonesia) vs Hoo Pang Ron/Teoh Mei Xing (Malaysia) - Match 3

Court 4

[MD] - Kevin Lee/Ty Alexander Lindeman (Kanada) vs Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (Indonesia) - Match 6

[WD] - meilysa Trias Puspitasari/Rachel Allessya Rose (Indonesia) vs Srivedya Gurazada/Ishika Jaiswal (Amerika) - Match 14

Tiga dari lima wakil Indonesia yang akan turun bertanding pada laga perdana diisi oleh pasukan ganda campuran.

Termasuk pasangan muda yang melejit di Indonesia Masters 2023 beberapa waktu lalu yaitu Jafar Hidayatullah/Aisyah Salsabila P Pranata.

Mereka akan kembali beraksi di turnamen dengan level super 500 melalui babak kualifikasi.

Hal itu sama seperti Indonesia Masters 2023 bulan Januari lalu yang mana mereka mengawali turnamen super 500 lewat babak kualifikasi.

Taji mereka kala bermain di Istora Senayan langsung melejit dan berhasil menembus babak perempat final.

Kini menarik dinanti kembali aksi pasangan muda besutan PBSI yang akan beraksi di Negeri Gajah Putih.

Bukan hanya Jafar/Aisyah, ganda campuran juga akan menurunakan Amri/Winny dan Andan/Nita.

Keduanya juga tampil di Malaysia Masters 2023 namun belum menunjukkan potensi terbaiknya.

Kini beraksi lagi di turnamen yang levelnya sama, layak dinantikan taji dari kedua pasangan tersebut.

Bukan hanya Jafar/Aisyah, ganda campuran juga akan menurunakan Amri/Winny dan Andan/Nita.

Keduanya juga tampil di Malaysia Masters 2023 namun belum menunjukkan potensi terbaiknya.

Kini beraksi lagi di turnamen yang levelnya sama, layak dinantikan taji dari kedua pasangan tersebut.

Berikut hasil drawing wakil Indonesia pada Thailand Open 2023:

Tunggal Putra

Shesar Hiren Rhustavito vs Li Shi Feng (China/4)

Brian Yang (Canada) vs Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo

Kualifikasi

Christian Adinata vs Sameer Verma (India)

Tunggal Putri

Putri Kusuma Wardani vs He Bing Jiao (China/3)

Ganda Putra

Krishna Prasad Garaga/Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala (India) vs Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana

Ayato Endo/Yuta Takei (Jepang) vs Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan

Pemenang Kualifikasi Q3 vs Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin (6)

Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo vs Pemenang Kualifikasi Q2

Kualifikasi

Kevin Lee/Ty Alexander Lindeman (Kanada) vs Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (4)

Ganda Putri

Lanny Tria Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto vs Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu (Canada)

Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi (7) vs Lee Yu Lim/Shin Seung Chan (Korea)

Julie Macpherson/Ciara Torrance (Scotlandia) vs Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (2)

Kualifikasi

Meilysa Trias Puspitasari/Rachel Allessya Rose vs Srivedya Gurazada/Ishika Jaiswal (AS/2)

Ganda Campuran

Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito (Jepang) vs Zachariah Josiahno Sumanti/Hediana Julimarbela

Kualifikasi

Adnan Maulana/Nita Violina Marwah (1) vs Hoo Pang Ron/Teoh Mei Xing (Malaysia)

Mikkel Mikkelsen/Rikke Soby (Denmark/3) vs Amri Syahnawi/Winny Oktavina Kandow

Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Lin Xiao Min (Taiwan) vs Jafar Hidayatullah/Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata

What is known about drone attack on Moscow, Moscow Region

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Moscow and the Moscow Region were attacked by drones early on Tuesday morning. Several buildings sustained minor damage, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said. According to the authorities, there were no casualties and emergency services are continuing to work at the scene.

TASS has gathered the main facts about the incident.

Initial reports

• Early on Tuesday morning, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry told TASS that ministry staff were investigating an incident in the Moscow suburbs, in which windows in a high-rise apartment building had been blown out. Fire and rescue units arrived at the scene. There were no signs of fire. According to eyewitnesses, the sound of an explosion was heard at the time of the incident.



• Emergency services told TASS that drone-like fragments were found around the house. The windows of apartments on three floors were shattered.



• It later became known that law enforcement personnel were verifying information about explosions in two other multi-story apartment buildings in the west and southwest of Moscow. There were also broken windows in some apartments.

Reaction of authorities

• Sobyanin confirmed the drone attack on Tuesday morning. As a result, according to him, several buildings sustained minor damage.



• According to the mayor, there are no casualties in the capital and all of the city’s emergency services are working at the scene.



• Emergency services evacuated the residents of two apartment buildings damaged by the drones. Once all necessary work is completed, the residents will be able to return to their homes.



• Several drones were shot down as they approached the capital, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov said.

Situation now

• Traffic is blocked in the western and southwestern parts of Moscow, according to the city's transport department.



• Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports are operating as usual, representatives of two of the airports told TASS.

Two Moscow residents request medical aid after drone attack, hospitalization unnecessary

Two people needed medical attention following a drone attack in Moscow while nobody was seriously injured or had to be hospitalized, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel on Tuesday.

"According to information from municipal medical services, at this time, none of the residents of the buildings damaged by UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] have been seriously injured. Two individuals requested medical aid. Nobody had to be hospitalized and the necessary help was provided on site. Also, the emergency services and several ambulance crews continue to work at the sites of incidents," the mayor wrote.

Early on Tuesday, several buildings in the Russian capital sustained minor damages as a result of a drone attack. All municipal emergency services are currently at the scene clarifying the circumstances. According to Sobyanin, nobody was seriously injured.

The residents of several sections of the two apartment buildings damaged by drones have been evacuated. The mayor also urged to trust only official sources and not to spread any unverified information.

Ukraine Attacked Moscow With 8 UAVs, All Drones Downed - Russian Defense Ministry

Earlier in the day, the Russian capital's mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, said several buildings had been slightly damaged by the drone attack.

Ukraine attacked the Russian capital with eight unmanned aerial vehicles early on Tuesday, all drones were shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"This morning, the Kiev regime launched a terrorist attack with unmanned aerial vehicles on facilities in the city of Moscow. Eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were involved in the attack. All enemy drones were hit," the ministry said in a statement.

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.

Earlier in the day, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov said that several drones had been shot down while approaching Moscow. The Russian capital's mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, said several buildings had been slightly damaged by the drone attack. Nobody was seriously injured, he added.