A crucial air defense system in Moscow failed to shoot down a drone strike on Monday.
Ukraine’s drone strikes against Moscow on Monday revealed a critical flaw in Russia’s defense systems, a Ukrainian military official said.
Russia on Monday said that Ukraine launched a drone attack on the capital city of Moscow, with one drone targeting an area near the Ministry of Defense’s headquarters, as well as nonresidential buildings. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties in the strikes, which comes as Ukraine launches a counteroffensive aimed at retaking control of territory seized by Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.
It remained unclear whether the drones were targeting the Ministry of Defense, and Ukrainian military intelligence spokesperson Andriy Yusov has pledged the attacks would continue and increase in scale, though Kyiv has not officially commented on the strike.
