Air defense (PVO) found and shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was trying to fly to Moscow. This was announced by the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin. telegraph channel.
“Air defense forces shot down a drone while trying to fly to Moscow,” Sobyanin wrote.
He stressed that there was no loss of life or property.
Former Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedreported that air defense systems detected and shot down a Ukrainian aircraft-type UAV over the Istra district of the Moscow region. Before that, the ministry reportedOn August 21, at around 06:50 Moscow time, a Ukrainian drone was detected by air defense and suppressed by electronic warfare. The ministry stated that the drone fell after it lost control near the village of Pokrovskoye in the Ruzsky District of the Moscow Region, and emphasized that no one was injured.
before in Russia created new drone suppression system.