

Though the assaults have caused nothing close to the devastation Moscow’s forces have inflicted in Ukraine, they have reached deep into Russian territory and have been aimed at symbolic and military targets, including the strike near the Kremlin. Since the beginning of May, Russia’s Defense Ministry has reported at least 28 drone attacks on Russia soil. Zelensky, said on social media last week that “Moscow is rapidly getting used to a full-fledged war,” “And this is an inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process.” “Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia - to its symbolic centers and military bases,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said late last month. Sobyanin said, prompting Vnukovo airport, which serves Moscow, to temporarily suspend flights for “security reasons,” according to a Telegram post from the Russian state news agency Tass. Sobyanin, said in a Telegram post on Wednesday.Īnother drone was shot down approaching the capital on Sunday, Mr. One had been flying over the Domodedovo area on the southern outskirts of the capital and the second was in the Minsk highway district to its west, Moscow’s mayor, Sergey S. On Wednesday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said in a post on the Telegram messaging app that air defenses had destroyed the two drones near Moscow without casualties or damage. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, spoke last week of “a clear threat,” adding that “measures are being taken” to build up defenses around the capital.

While the Russian authorities have largely tried to play down the risks of drone attacks, Dmitri S. Last week, a building in central Moscow housing government ministries was twice struck by drones in 48 hours. And not all of the drones appear to have intercepted.
