Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Sri Mulyani Smes IMF - Indonesia Tak Punya Utang

Sri Mulyani Smes IMF - Indonesia Tak Punya Utang

Sri Mulyani Smes IMF - Indonesia Tak Punya Utang




Menteri Keuangan RI, Sri Mulyani







Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Menteri Keuangan, memastikan bahwa Indonesia tidak memiliki utang kepada Dana Moneter Internasional (IMF) karena semuanya sudah lama dilunasi.







Hal ini disampaikan karena IMF meminta agar Indonesia bisa kembali membuka ekspor nikel dan mineral lainnya.


"Yang saya heran itu (soal utang Indonesia ke IMF) muncul kembali. Itu kan program IMF tahun berapa? 1997-1998 atau 2000 awal, waktu itu kan sudah dilunasi semua," ujar Sri, di Jakarta, hari Selasa, 04/07/2023.


Lebih lanjut ia menyebutkan, permasalahan utang ke IMF tidak berkaitan dengan berbagai rekomendasi yang disampaikan ke pemerintah, salah satunya pencabutan secara bertahap larangan ekspor nikel. Menurutnya, IMF memiliki hak untuk menyampaikan rekomendasi, namun pemerintah tetap memiliki sikap sendiri.


Sri Mulyani menuturkan bahwa IMF berhak memberikan pandangannya atas kebijakan pelarangan ekspor itu.


"Mereka (IMF) boleh punya pandangan, itu ada di artikel IV, tapi Indonesia, pemerintah punya kebijakan yang ditujukan untuk memperkuat struktur industri dan juga mendorong nilai tambah," ungkapnya


Dia menambahkan kebijakan hilirisasi tambang ini akan memperkuat neraca pembayaran Indonesia, bahkan program ini dinilainya bagus dan sebenarnya juga tidak bermasalah.


Permasalahan utang Indonesia ke IMF sebelumnya sempat disinggung oleh Menteri Investasi atau Kepala Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia. Hal itu ia sampaikan ketika merespons rekomendasi pencabutan larangan ekspor nikel.


"Utang kita udah selesai ke IMF. Kita harus berterima kasih pada pemerintahan sebelum Pak Jokowi, yaitu di zamannya Pak SBY. Itu berhasil menyelesaikan utang kita ke IMF," ujar Bahlil, hari Jumat, 30/06/2023.


Sebagai informasi, berdasarkan catatan Kompas.com, Indonesia sendiri sempat memiliki utang 9,1 miliar dollar AS dari IMF di tahun 1998 atau saat negara ini dilanda krisis moneter hebat.


Belakangan, pemerintah Indonesia secara bertahap mencicil pinjamannya dan lunas di era Presiden Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono, tepatnya Oktober 2006.



























































































West’s debt addiction could trigger new global financial crisis – Putin

West’s debt addiction could trigger new global financial crisis – Putin

West’s debt addiction could trigger new global financial crisis – Putin




Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) virtual meeting via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow
©Sputnik/Aleksandr Kazakov







The uncontrolled accumulation of debt by Western countries is increasing the risk of a new global financial crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday.







Addressing a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via videolink from Moscow, the Russian leader cited global threats that could increase “conflict potential” in the near future.


“The risks of a new global economic and financial crisis are rising against the background of the uncontrolled accumulation of debt in developed countries, social stratification and growing poverty around the world, and deteriorating food and environmental security,” Putin stated.


He emphasized that each of these problems is “complex and diverse in its own way,” but that when combined, they have fueled tensions around the world.


The 23rd SCO summit is being chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.






Last month, the executive director for Russia at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Aleksey Mozhin, cautioned that Western economies are in critical condition due to high levels of public debt.


He accused wealthy states of implementing years of irresponsible budgetary and monetary policies, which eventually triggered the current debt crisis.


The UK and almost all EU countries are facing significant levels of debt, including France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Italy, according to Mozhin.




























































































2,3 Juta Orang DKI Jakarta Dililit Pinjol, OJK Sebut Masih Terkendali

2,3 Juta Orang DKI Jakarta Dililit Pinjol, OJK Sebut Masih Terkendali

2,3 Juta Orang DKI Jakarta Dililit Pinjol, OJK Sebut Masih Terkendali




Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) mencatat warga DKI Jakarta masih utang Rp10,35 triliun kepada pinjaman online (pinjol) pada April 2023. Ilustrasi. (iStock/fizkes)







Menurut catatan OJK (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan) sebanyak 2,3 pemilik rekening di DKI Jakarta terlilit pinjaman online atau pinjol yang nilainya tembus Rp 10,5 triliun. Meski demikian, hal tersebut masih dianggap aman oleh OJK.







Layanan pinjaman online (Pinjol) atau fintech lending masih menjadi pilihan masyarakat. Hal ini seiring berdasarkan data Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), jumlah pengguna pinjol meningkat.


Mengutip data OJK, hari Senin, 03/07/2023, di DKI Jakarta, penerima pinjaman aktif mencapai 2,38 juta per April 2023. Penerima pinjaman aktif tersebut meningkat dari Maret 2023 sebesar 2,34 juta. Namun, kalau dibandingkan April 2022, penerima pinjaman aktif di DKI Jakarta itu merosot dari sebelumnya 2,67 juta.


Selain itu, outstanding pinjaman atau jumlah pinjamannya mencapai Rp 10,35 triliun per April 2023. Jumlah pinjaman tersebut turun sekitar 4,2 persen dari periode Maret 2023 sebesar Rp 10,79 triliun. Sedangkan kalau dibandingkan April 2022, jumlah pinjaman warga Jakarta meningkat. Pada April 2022, tercatat pinjaman warga Jakarta hanya Rp 9,94 triliun.


Dari sisi tingkat wanprestasi atau TWP 90 di Jakarta mencapai 2,94 persen per April 2023. Jumlah ini meningkat dari periode Maret 2023 sebesar Rp 2,79 persen. TWP ini kelalaian penyelesaian kewajiban yang ada perjanjian pendanaan. Periodenya lebih dari 90 hari setelah jatuh tempo peminjaman, demikian mengutip dari berbagai sumber.


Selain DKI Jakarta, jumlah pengguna pinjol tertinggi di Jawa ditempati Jawa Barat. Jumlah pengguna pinjol di Jawa Barat mencapai 4,68 juta per April 2023. Namun, jumlah pengguna itu menurun dibandingkan periode Maret 2023 sebesar 4,81 juta. Sedangkan kalau dibandingkan April 2022 cenderung meningkat yang tercatat 3,73 juta pengguna.


Untuk jumlah pinjamannya di Jawa Barat mencapai Rp 13,57 triliun per April 2023. Jumlah pinjaman itu naik tipis dibandingkan Maret 2023 sebesar Rp 13,5 triliun. Jika melihat April 2022, tercatat jumlah pinjaman mencapai Rp 9,67 triliun. Untuk TWP 90, di Jawa Barat tercatat 3,6 persen per April 2023. Angka ini sama dengan Maret 2023 sebesar 3,6 persen.


Disusul Jawa Timur tercatat jumlah pinjaman mencapai Rp 6,23 triliun per April 2023. Jumlah pinjaman ini relatif stagnan dari posisi Maret 2023 sebesar Rp 6,23 triliun.Kalau dibandingkan April 2022 tercatat Rp 4,91 triliun.


Dari sisi jumlah pengguna, di Jawa Timur tercatat 2,07 juta per April 2023 dari posisi Maret 2023 sebesar 2,12 juta. Ada penurunan 54.225 pengguna. Kalau dibandingkan April 2022 tercatat jumlah pengguna mencapai 1,60 juta, atau naik 29,01 persen. Sedangkan TWP90 mencapai 3,25 per per April 2023, turun dari posisi Maret 2023 sebesar 3,26 persen.


Khusus di Jawa, jumlah pinjaman online mencapai Rp 39,29 triliun per April 2023. Pinjaman online tersebut turun dari posisi Maret 2023 sebesar Rp 39,75 triliun. Jumlah pinjaman tersebut meningkat dari posisi April 2022 sebesar Rp 31 triliun.


Sedangkan jumlah pengguna pinjaman mencapai 12,88 juta per April 2023. Pengguna tersebut turun 225.503 dari periode Maret 2023 sebesar 13,10 juta. Sedangkan kalau dibandingkan April 2022, jumlah pengguna pinjaman mencapai 10,47 juta atau alami kenaikan 22,98 persen.


Untuk TWP90 mencapai 3,1 persen per April 2023. Angka TWP itu meningkat dari posisi Maret 2023 sebesar 3,05 persen



Kondisi di Indonesia



OJK mencatat jumlah pinjaman mencapai Rp 50,53 triliun per April 2023. Jumlah pinjaman ini turun 0,96 persen dari periode Maret 2023 sebesar Rp 51,01 triliun. Kalau dibandingkan April 2022, jumlah pinjaman meningkat 35,8 persen dari Rp 38,6 triliun.


Sementara itu, jumlah pengguna pinjaman mencapai 17,31 juta per April 2023, jumlah ini turun dari posisi Maret 2023 sebesar 17,59 juta. Sedangkan dari posisi April 2022 meningkat yang posisinya 13,51 juta.


Untuk TWP90 tercatat 2,82 persen per April 2023 dari posisi Maret 2023 sebesar 2,81 persen.


Kondisi ini dianggap masih aman, sebab menurut Kepala Eksekutif Pengawas Perasuransian, Lembaga Penjamin dan Dana Pensiun OJK, Ogi Prastomiyono, TWP90 atau tingkat risiko kredit di DKI Jakarta hanya sebesar 3,23 persen. Angka tersebut bahkan di bawah nasional yang mencapai 3,36 persen.


"Outstanding pinjaman P2P lending di DKI memang Rp 10,5 triliun. Tapi yang penting TWP90 hari itu terkendali," kata Ogi dalam konferensi pers virtual pada Selasa, 4 Juli 2023.


Dalam aturannya, OJK menetapkan batas ketentuan atau threshold TWP90 di angka 5 persen.


Meski penyaluran pinjaman P2P lending di ibu kota terbilang tinggi, ternyata DKI Jakarta menduduki peringkat kedua pengguna pinjol terbanyak se-Indonesia.


Ogi mengatakan, peringkat pertama hingga kini masih dipegang Jawa Barat. "Yang pertama itu di Provinsi Jawa Barat sebesar Rp 13,8 triliun," kata dia.
















































































Saudi Arabia summons Swedish ambassador to express rejection of Al-Qur’an burning incident

Saudi Arabia summons Swedish ambassador to express rejection of Al-Qur’an burning incident

Saudi Arabia summons Swedish ambassador to express rejection of Al-Qur’an burning incident




On June 28, Salwan Momika, 37, a refugee from Iraq, desecrated the Qur’an and set fire to its pages in front of the Central Mosque in Stockholm. (AFP)






Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry summoned on Sunday the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom to inform her of its categorical rejection of Al-Qur’an burning incident that recently took place in Sweden.







On June 28, Salwan Momika, 37, a refugee from Iraq, desecrated the Qur’an and set fire to its pages in front of the Central Mosque in Stockholm, prompting widespread outrage and condemnation of the act across the Muslim and Arab world.


The Kingdom’s foreign ministry condemned and denounced the burning of a copy of the holy book on June 29 and summoned Swedish envoy Petra Menander on Sunday.


The ministry calls upon the Swedish government to stop all acts that directly contradict international efforts to spread the values of tolerance, moderation and rejection of extremism, and that undermine mutual respect necessary for relations between peoples and countries.


The executive committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation also held a meeting in Jeddah on Sunday to discuss the consequences arising from the incident.


The OIC firmly denounced the act, which it said undermines mutual respect among people and global efforts to foster tolerance and moderation.



Iran holds off sending ambassador to Sweden in protest over Al-Qur’an incident



Iran will refrain from sending a new ambassador to Sweden in protest over the burning of a Qur'an outside a mosque in Stockholm, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Sunday.


A man tore up and burned a Qur'an outside Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday, the first day of the Muslim Eid al Adha holidays.


An Iranian demonstrator holds up a copy of Quran, Islam's holy book, during a protest of the burning of a Quran in Sweden, in front of the Swedish Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, (AP)


Swedish police charged the man who burned the holy book with agitation against an ethnic or national group. In a newspaper interview, he described himself as an Iraqi refugee seeking to ban it.


Iran’s foreign ministry summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires on Thursday to condemn what it said was an insult to the most sacred Islamic sanctities.


“Although administrative procedures to appoint a new ambassador to Sweden have ended, the process of dispatching them has been held off due to the Swedish government’s issuing of a permit to desecrate the Holy Qur'an,” Amirabdollahian said on Twitter on Sunday. He did not specify how long Iran would refrain from sending an ambassador to Sweden.


While Swedish police have rejected several recent applications for anti-Qur'an demonstrations, courts have overruled those decisions, saying they infringed freedom of speech.


In its permit for Wednesday’s demonstration, Swedish police said that while it “may have foreign policy consequences,” the security risks and consequences linked to a Qur'an burning were not of such a nature that the application should be rejected.













































































Rihana dan Rihani, si Kembar Penipu iPhone Berhasil Ditangkap

Rihana dan Rihani, si Kembar Penipu iPhone Berhasil Ditangkap

Rihana dan Rihani, si Kembar Penipu iPhone Berhasil Ditangkap




Penangkapan si kembar Rihana dan Rihani di M Town Residence Gading, Serpong, Tangerang, Selasa, 4 Juli 2023






'Setelah hampir sebulan menjadi buronan, si kembar penipu PO iPhone Rihana dan Rihani akhirnya ditangkap polisi.'



Polda Metro Jaya telah mengamankan penipu si kembar Rihana dan Rihani di apartemen M Town Gading Serpong, Tangerang. Dalam sebuah video yang beredar, diketahui bahwa keduanya menyewa unit apartemen tersebut.







Saat ditangkap, Rihana tampak berbaju merah mudah, sementara Rihani memakai baju biru garis-garis. Saat diinterogasi penyidik, Rihana dan Rihani terlihat santai sambil melempar senyum.


Sebagai buronan, Rihana dan Rihani tampak gesit melarikan diri. Meski demikian, mereka tak ragu berkeliaran di tempat umum, misalnya saat membeli makanan.


Ketika penyidik menanyakan bagaimana cara mereka belanja kebutuhan sehari-hari seperti makanan, Rihani menjawab santai, "makan beli di bawah di supermarket".


Dikutip dari detik.com,pada hari Selasa, 04/07/2023, Rihana dan RIhani ditangkap Timsus Polda Metro Jaya. Wadir Reskrimum Polda Metro Jaya, AKBP Imam Yulisdiyanto memimpin langsung timsus terebut.





"Rihana dan Rihani baru saja ditangkap di M Town Residence Gading Serpong oleh tim Resmob Polda Metro Jaya. Team sus penangkapan langsung di bawah koordinasi wadir krimum PMJ, AKBP Imam," kata Dirkrimum Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Hengki Haryadi kepada detik.com.


Rihana dan Rihani menjadi tersangka kasus penipuan PO iPhone yang merugikan pelanggannya hingga Rp 35 miliar. Selain itu, mereka juga turut melakukan penggelapan mobil rental.


Modus Rihana dan Rihani adalah menawarkan iPhone murah untuk dijual ulang oleh reseller. Adapun skema pembelian barang dengan mekanisme pemesanan awal (pre-order).


Jadi, reseller harus membayar dulu pesanannya barulah barang dikirimkan dalam beberapa waktu. Sayangnya, banyak korban reseller yang mengaku tak mendapatkan barang setelah membayar kewajiban mereka.


Pelarian penipu atau Rihana-Rihani dengan modus open preorder iPhone berakhir. Keberadaannya sempat diduga terendus di Bali, setelah 22 hari jadi buron usai ditetapkan sebagai tersangka kasus penipuan iPhone senilai Rp 35 miliar. Si kembar ditangkap di Apartemen M Town Gading Serpong, Tangerang Selatan, pada hari Selasa, 04/07/2023.


Meski demikian, lanjut Imam, pihak kepolisian masih mendalami kasus yang ada, termasuk kasus lain terkait si kembar Rihana dan Rihani. Seperti diketahui, si kembar dilaporkan terkait kasus penipuan jual beli iPhone hingga penggelapan mobil



Tawa Si Kembar Penipu Rihana dan Rihani saat Ditangkap Polisi, Ngaku Tak Pernah Kabur







Dalam video penangkapan yang diterima, Rihana dan Rihani sempat berbincang dengan petugas Polda Metro Jaya. Keduanya tampak santai saat ditanya-tanya penyidik


Rihani mengklaim dia tidak kabur ke Bali. Rihana yang mengenakan pakaian warna pink tampak duduk terdiam. Keduanya terlihat sesekali tertawa saat ditanya penyidik.


"Saya ketawa aja, siapa bilang saya di Bali," ucap Rihani ke penyidik.


Sementara di video lainnya terlihat Rihani menyebut dirinya menyewa satu unit apartemen ini lewat aplikasi. Dia juga menceritakan kegiatannya selama tinggal di apartemen tersebut.


“Kalau makan turun ke bawah biasa normal aja?” tanya salah satu penyidik.


“Saya cuma makan beli di bawah, di supermarket," jawab Rihani


Rihana dan Rihani kini telah tiba di Polda Metro Jaya. Keduanya langsung digiring masuk ke Gedung Direktorat Reserse Kriminal Umum oleh para penyidik.


IPW apresiasi Polda Metro Jaya atas keberhasilan menangkap si kembar



Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) mengapresiasi kinerja Polda Metro Jaya atas keberhasilan penangkapan tersangka si kembar Rihana dan Rihani setelah sekitar tiga minggu dimasukkan dalam daftar pencarian orang (DPO).


"Penangkapan ini sangat memenuhi keinginan masyarakat, terutama korban, para mitra penjual atau reseller-nya dan juga rasa keadilan melalui penanganan yang profesional, " kata Ketua IPW Sugeng Teguh Santoso dalam keterangan tertulis yang diterima di Jakarta, Selasa.


Sugeng menjelaskan tersangka Rihana dan Rihani yang berhasil ditangkap Resmob Ditreskrimum Polda Metro di Apartemen M Town Gading Serpong, Kabupaten Tangerang tersebut telah merugikan korban-korbannya, para reseller senilai Rp 35 Miliar.






Sugeng juga menambahkan ditangkapnya Rihana dan Rihani tersebut, perlu didalami pihak-pihak yang melindungi para tersangka dari kejaran jerat hukum dengan pasal 221 ayat 1 KUHP.


"Yang tak kalah pentingnya, didalami juga adanya dugaan Tindak Pidana Pencucian Uang (TPPU) karena berdasarkan LHP PPATK dalam rekening Rihana-Rihani terdapat transaksi senilai Rp 86 Miliar, " kata nya.


Tim Subdit Reserse Mobile (Resmob) Direktorat Reserse Kriminal Umum Polda Metro Jaya berhasil menangkap tersangka penipuan reseller ponsel (pengadaan ponsel untuk dijual kembali), si kembar Rihana dan Rihani di Gading Serpong, Kabupaten Tangerang, Selasa.


"Rihana dan Rihani baru saja di tangkap di M Town Residence Gading Serpong oleh tim Resmob Polda Metro Jaya, " kata Direktur Reserse Kriminal Umum Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol Hengki Haryadi dalam keterangan tertulis yang diterima di Jakarta, Selasa.


Wakil Direktur Reserse Kriminal Umum Polda Metro Jaya AKBP Imam Yulisdiyanto juga menyebut dua tersangka kasus penipuan reseller ponsel (pengadaan ponsel untuk dijual kembali) Rihana-Rihani kerap berpindah-pindah tempat tinggal untuk menghindari kejaran polisi.


"Pada saat ditangkap pelaku ini sedang istirahat, di salah satu apartemen, karena dia ini sering berpindah-pindah dari apartemen satu ke apartemen lain, " katanya.


Imam juga menyebut kedua tersangka ini juga mengetahui kalau mereka sedang menjadi target buruan Kepolisian sehingga sering berpindah-pindah apartemen.


"Ya mereka sudah mengetahui bahwa sedang di lakukan pencarian oleh pihak kepolisian untuk mempertanggungjawabkan perbuatannya," ujar Imam.


Imam menjelaskan penangkapan pelaku kembar tersebut dilakukan pada pukul 05.00 WIB di salah satu apartemen yang terletak di Kabupaten Tangerang.









































































Drones Shot Down in Moscow Region: What's Known So Far

Drones Shot Down in Moscow Region: What's Known So Far

Drones Shot Down in Moscow Region: What's Known So Far




©Sputnik / Natalya Seliverstova






Several drones were shot down near Moscow, a spokesman for emergencies services told.


"One drone was shot down near Kubinka," the spokesman said. Earlier on Tuesday, two drones were shot down in the Russian capital near the village of Valuyevo, with no casualties or damage reported.







Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has described this incident as yet another Ukrainian drone attack against the Russian capital. According to him, the attack was successfully repelled as all enemy UAVs were eliminated by Russian air defense units.


"Today, another attempt was made by Ukrainian drones to attack New Moscow (a Moscow district) and the Moscow Region. At the moment, the attacks have been repelled by air defense forces, all detected UAVs have been eliminated," Sobyanin wrote on Telegram.


The mayor also said that all flight restrictions previously imposed in Vnukovo Airport have been lifted as of 08:00 a.m. (local time). Earlier, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency announced that restrictions on arrivals and departures at Vnukovo Airport have been extended until 8 a.m. (5 a.m. GMT), other airports in Moscow and the Moscow Region are operating as usual.


"For technical reasons beyond the airport's control, Vnukovo has introduced restrictions on arrivals/departures of aircraft from 05:10 a.m... The restrictions... have been extended until 08:00 a.m. Other airports in Moscow and the Moscow Region are operating as usual," the agency explained.


Later, emergency services told Sputnik that two more drones were shot down by air defense systems in Moscow, thus bringing the total number of downed drones to five. "Two more UAVs were shot down by air defense systems in New Moscow [a Moscow district] near the village of Krivosheevo, there were no casualties," the services said.



Previous Drone Attacks on Moscow



Early on June 21, three UAV went down on the outskirts of Moscow, thankfully without causing any damage or injury on the ground. The Russian Ministry of Defense described that incident as a terrorist attack perpetrated by Ukrainian forces.


On May 30, three residential buildings in Moscow sustained light damage when another wave of Ukrainian UAVs got intercepted by the air defense units protecting the city.


On May 3, Ukrainian forces attempted to carry out an attack against the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kremlin, using two drones to carry out this deed. The Russian government branded this attack as a terrorist act and an attempt at Vladimir Putin’s life.



Moscow targeted by drones – mayor



Two drones were shot down in Moscow, there were no casualties or damage, a spokesman for emergencies services told Sputnik.


"Two UAVs were shot down near the locality of Valuyevo in New Moscow. They fell in an open field. There were no casualties or damage," the spokesman said.


Moscow was targeted in an attempted drone strike on Tuesday morning, the mayor of the Russian capital has said.


“As of now, the attacks have been repelled by air defenses. All of the detected UAVs were destroyed,” Sergey Sobyanin said in a statement.


The mayor noted that no casualties were caused, and that emergency services have been working in the affected areas of Novaya Moskva (New Moscow), which is part of the city, and the surrounding Moscow Region.


Temporary flight restrictions around of the capital’s Vnukovo Airport have been lifted, Sobyanin said.


Russia’s Defense Ministry said a total of five Ukrainian drones were involved in the attempted attack early on Tuesday.


Four of the incoming UAVs were shot down by air defenses over Novaya Moskva, while another crashed in the Odintsovo District of the Moscow Region after being disabled by electronic warfare, according to the ministry.


There was no damage on the ground resulting from the incursion, it added.


Earlier, a source in the emergency services told TASS news agency that two incoming drones had been downed on the outskirts of Moscow, while another was allegedly intercepted in Kaluga Region, to the southwest of the capital.


“According to preliminary data, three drones were heading towards Moscow… Two were suppressed by radio electronic warfare means in New Moscow, and one in the Kaluga region,” the source told TASS.


The debris of the two drones intercepted in the outskirts of Moscow fell in the open field near the Valuevo settlement around 5 kilometers away from the Vnukovo airport, another source told RIA Novosti.


At least ten morning flights en route to Vnukovo were redirected to the capital’s two other airports, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo, according to the airport’s website.


Multiple eyewitnesses reported hearing at least two blasts in the New Moscow district of the city around 6am local time, while several Telegram channels shared videos of smoke in the air.





Two weeks ago the Russian military foiled a Ukrainian raid on Moscow Region which involved three aircraft-type drones. The “terrorist attack” on the region’s facilities did not result in any casualties or damage as the UAVs were suppressed by electronic warfare means, lost control and crashed, according to the Defense Ministry.


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. That raid damaged several residential buildings, but did not cause any serious injuries.