Massive attack with Ukrainian drones in Russia. Explosions in the Moscow region, fire at a strategic factory in St. Petersburg
Russia announced that, on Tuesday night, on Wednesday, it intercepted nearly 50 Ukrainian drones, in the context of a new wave of air attacks that affected several regions, including the Moscow area. At the same time, a strong fire broke out at a military importance factory in St. Petersburg, without the authorities confirm a direct connection with drone attacks, reports Kyiv Post.
Ukrainian drones terrorized Moscow/Photo: X
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 48 drones were shot down between the evening of May 28 and the morning of May 29, in the following regions:
30 in Belgorod
4 in oion
4 in Riazan
4 in busy Crimea
3 in the Moscow region
2 in Briansk
1 in Tambov
In the Moscow region, the inhabitants of the localities of Odintsovo, Aprevka and Zvenigorod have reported strong explosions, against the backdrop of anti -aircraft defense systems. The mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobianin, confirmed the temporary suspension of operations at Vnukovo Airport, imposed in the “Carpet” Emergency Procedure, activated by Rosaviatsia in cases of aerial threat.
According to local press and Russian Telegram channels, including Astra, 14 flights were postponed to leaving and another 20 for arrival. Several video recordings published on social networks show times when the drones were intercepted above the residential areas, and fragments fell near some buildings.
Subsequently, Sobianin said that the aerial defense managed to reject the attack of the three drones and said that, according to the first information, there were no significant victims or damage.
Also in Moscow, a drone would have hit a building in the Mirax Park residential complex, located on Vernadski Boulevard. In this case, no important victims or destruction were reported, according to the authorities.
Meanwhile, at St. Petersburg, a large fire broke out on the night of May 28 at Avangard Plant, a unit considered strategic for the Russian defense industry. Images published online capture a dense column of black smoke over the city.
The Ministry for Emergency Situations in the region informed that they were not victims and that 11 vehicles and 41 firefighters were mobilized to extinguish the fire. The flames were liquidated after a few hours.
Avangard plant, located on Kondratievski Boulevard no. 72, is specialized in the production of radioelectronic equipment and components for military technique. Since 2014, here the Microsystems Engineering Center, dedicated to research in the field of microcircuits, has been here.
In another incident, in the dawn of May 28, Ukrainian Drones, operated by the Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU), would have hit the Radaga Design Office, about 130 km north of Moscow. The information was provided by sources quoted by Kyiv Post.
The attack would have targeted the assembly workshops and equipment of the factory, causing fires. Radiga is part of the Russian tactical missile corporation and produces cruise missiles such as H-101, H-555, H-69 and H-59mk-weapon frequently used in Ukraine attacks.
These strokes come after another massive wave of Russian air attacks on the Ukrainian territory, on May 25-27, when nearly 1,000 drones and missiles were launched, killing 13 civilians, of which three children.
Against these attacks, Moscow reported that nearly 300 Ukrainian drones have been shot down in recent days. The airports in the Capital were temporarily closed, and the authorities qualified the extent of the attack as a “unprecedented” one.
