32 Drones Shot Down Over Moscow Region
Russian authorities say 32 drones have been shot down over Moscow Oblast.
Russian authorities say 32 drones have been shot down over Moscow Oblast.
A second ammunition depot in the Russian Tver region near Moscow was destroyed by a ‘Ukrainian’ drone swarm over night.
Russian media is reporting today that one of the attackers who was arrested attempting to flee, had previously fought for the Ukrainian military in 2022.
Today, State Duma Deputy Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy declared Russia will ‘eliminate’ all French soldiers in Ukraine.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on Telegram that the drones were shot down by Russian air defences.
According to statements from the Russian judiciary, Travis Michael Leake was arrested and detained on Saturday. A statement released on Telegram by Moscow’s courts of general jurisdiction said Leake was arrested after “the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow took a preventive measure against an American citizen.”
Three months after Germany ordered the removal of more than 30 Russian diplomats from the country on the suspicion they were actually spies, Berlin has now ordered the Kremlin to close 4 of the 5 consulates it maintains in Germany. The order to close the consulates comes after Moscow puts limits on the number of staff allowed at the German Embassy and other facilities in Russia. According to German Foreign Ministry spokesman, Chirstofer Burger, Berlin ordered the closures to ensure “parity of personnel and structures” between the two countries.
A large-scale early morning drone strike on Moscow Tuesday has left several civilian apartment buildings in the Russian capital damaged with the Kremlin immediately blaming Ukraine for the attacks. It is largely being described as the first attack on the city’s civilian neighborhoods.