“In general, it is clear what needs to be done to seal the air defense of the capital,” Putin said after the drone strikes.
Following the Tuesday morning attack in Moscow by drones, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “there is still work to be done” in regard to the city’s air defense systems.
Russian authorities said Moscow was hit with drone strikes at around 4 a.m. local time. While the Kremlin maintains only eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were involved in the incident, local Telegram channels reported around 30 drones participated in the attack which resulted in damage to residential buildings but no known casualties.
The Kremlin quickly blamed Kyiv for the attack, but Mikhailo Podolyak—a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky—denied his country’s involvement.
The Russian state media outlet Tass wrote that Putin discussed the drone strikes with Svetlana Chupsheva—head of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI)—during a visit to Moscow’s Zotov Cultural and Educational Center.
The Russian leader at first described Moscow’s air defense system as working “normally, satisfactorily” in its response to the attack.
