30 May 2023 1:06 pm
It's no fun when they hit back.
Major drone strike hits residential area of Moscow in apparent 1st (msn.com)
Several drones struck Moscow early on Tuesday, damaging residential buildings in the Russian capital, the mayor said.The pre-dawn attack "damaged several buildings" in a residential area, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. Residents were evacuated from their apartments as first responders were rushed to the scene, Sobyanin said."All municipal emergency services are currently at the scene of the incident," the mayor wrote on his official Telegram channel. "They will find out the circumstances of what happened."
Casualties are unknown at this time.It's believed to be the first major drone strike on a residential area of Moscow.
Eight drones targeted Moscow, five of which were shot down while the other three were jammed, causing them to veer off course, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.The rare attack came as Russia continues to wage war in neighboring Ukraine. The Russian defense ministry called Tuesday's drone strike a "terrorist attack" by the "Kyiv regime" and said Moscow will react "as harshly as possible to the actions of Ukrainian militants."
A senior Ukrainian commander told ABC News on Sunday that preparations for that counteroffensive were in full swing.Col. Oleksandr Bakulin, who commands Ukraine’s 57th motorized infantry brigade, made up of around 6,000 men near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, said the counteroffensive "will not begin with one single strike." The limited Ukrainian offensive actions near Bakhmut over the past two weeks were part of a bigger plan that will eventually lead to a more significant counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces, according to Bakulin.