The Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister confirms the attacks on the messaging service Telegram. To the AFP news agency, a source in the Ukrainian defense refers to the attack in Moscow as a Ukrainian “special operation”. It is the same term that Russia consistently uses about the war in Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry says there will be harsh retaliatory strikes after the attacks on central Moscow and the Crimean peninsula. In a statement, the Russians call the drone attacks “attempted acts of terrorism”. – The Kyiv regime attempted to carry out a terrorist act by using two drones against Moscow, which were stopped, says Russia’s defense minister, adding that both drones were neutralized and crashed. There has been no loss of life. Destroyed buildings Pictures from the Russian capital show destruction on buildings, but no one is said to have been injured in the drone attack. Two drones were shot down around four o’clock last night, local time. According to a witness, two powerful explosions could be heard, writes Reuters. – I was woken up by an explosion. Everything started to shake. It felt as if the whole building had collapsed, Polina, a local resident, told Reuters. Mayor Sergej Sobyanin says that no one died, and there has been no extensive damage. Parts of a drone were found on a major road near Russia’s Defense Ministry, according to the TASS news agency. A member of the security service investigates the damaged building after the reported drone attack in Moscow. Parts of a building are said to have collapsed after the overnight drone attack on Moscow. Russian police secure the area around the damaged building in Komsomolsky Prospekt, Moscow. No one is reported to be injured after the overnight drone attack on Moscow. A drone crashed on Komsomolsky Prospekt near Russia’s Ministry of Defense. Another hit a business center on Likhacheva Street, near one of Moscow’s main thoroughfares. At the same time, a grain warehouse in Odesa, Ukraine, has been destroyed after a Russian attack last night. Four people were injured, according to Reuters. The attack was aimed at the Danube port infrastructure, according to the defense in Kyiv. The map shows the night’s drone attack on Moscow. The black marker shows Likhacheva Street and the white marker Komsomolsky Prospekt. New attacks against Crimea On the Crimean peninsula, the Moscow-appointed governor, Sergei Aksyonov, announced that the Russians had shot down 17 Ukrainian drones, according to Reuters. At first the Russians reported that there were 11 drones. One of the drones is said to have hit a Russian ammunition warehouse, writes Aksionov on a telegram. It is also said that a residential building has been damaged. Furthermore, the Russians claim that 11 of the drones must have been shot down over the Black Sea. The information has not been verified by independent sources. It has been a week since the Kerch Bridge in Crimea was closed after it was destroyed by Ukrainian attacks. Putin called the attack a “terrorist act from Kyiv” and described the whole thing as a senseless and evil act. The photo is supposed to show the damage to the bridge on the Crimean peninsula last week. Photo: TWITTER The bridge connects Crimea with the Russian mainland. It was opened in 2018, four years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The bridge is therefore seen as strategically important for Russia. Map of the war in Ukraine updated 24 July 2023. Photo: INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND AEI’S CRITICAL THREATS PROJECT/news (Updated 24 July 2023)
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