© TelegramMoscow building attacked by drone
The attack on a Moscow suburb was part of a broader wave of overnight drone attacks which hit multiple regions across the country, injuring at least five people, including a child, when one drone slammed into an apartment building near Moscow.
According to Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov, the drone hit a 14th-floor apartment in a high-rise building in the city of Krasnogorsk, northwest of the capital.
© Andrey Vorobyov/TelegramInside damage: Earlier reports suggested a gas leak rather than drone attack
Russia's Defense Ministry said that air defense forces intercepted and destroyed over 110 Ukrainian UAVs over 13 regions overnight. Several drones were also shot down as they approached the capital.
Ukraine appears to be feeling emboldened, as it has had a series of 'wins' on a global stage given this week's new US and EU anti-Moscow sanctions. This new attacked marked the second consecutive night which saw more than 100 drones assault Russian territory.
Power outages resulted in some Russian areas, particularly the Rostov region, and drone impacts were reported also in Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula, and Tver.
Meanwhile President Vladimir Putin has warned in the face of new sanctions and the potential for new long-range weapons including Tomahawk missiles to be given to Ukraine that Moscow stands ready to respond with an "overwhelming" force:
"Dialogue is always better than confrontation or any disputes, and especially war. We have always supported the continuation of dialogue. But if Russia was attacked with US Tomahawk missiles, which Ukraine seeks, the response would be "very strong, if not overwhelming. Let them think about it."So far Trump appears to have resisted Zelensky's and Europe's urging on this front, but shown willingness to later reverse his decisions on such Ukraine war-related issues.
© AFPMoscow suburb
Reader Comments
What is the aim? Clearly not winning a war. It is a fear tactic that will backfire because the Russian people are firmly behind and support Putin.
Although Russia is constantly looking for ways to circumvent the sanctions, this trend is still dangerous for it. Although the US emphasizes that the new sanctions against the Russian Federation's oil and gas sector are being imposed only as a "peace enforcement measure" and will be lifted if the Kremlin agrees to a truce. It is becoming increasingly clear that the issue is much broader and involves Washington's systemic strategy to push Russian oil and gas out of the global market in order to replace their share with energy resources from the US and its allies.
Moreover - odds are The "T-man's" meeting with Xi goes as well as the one he had with Putin in Alaska for Trump Team - who really seem to be full of dimwits and dipshits.
Moreover again - the energy resources from the US of A are diminishing - there is only so much natural gas can be released easy with fracking - and in West Texas I suspect they are starting to realize - "the gig is up".
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Better ideas beckon.
Then I went to the small Midland-Odessa airport and flew the hell out of that place.
Since then the facility there - with all the animal heads in the former owners "office" on display was sold by my company at the time - for an outstanding LOSS - I think there was some "money laundering" going on and the place there - got the business when they "bagged' a Polar Bear out of season....what a fucking joke West Tejas is....don't Bush, Jr. live in that area - painting pictures and whatnot with Laura?
What a joke.
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With all that said - if 50% comes from one place - that is a target - is it not?
And I'll say this as well - I was most "unimpressed" by all those working there - they seemed to be in a dreamland of sorts - they didn't realize just how crappy the place was and is....West Tejas - what a pit of vipers and dens of despair.