Russia Vows Retaliatory Measures Against Ukraine's 'Terrorist' Drone Attack Near Army HQ

Russia has vowed harsh retaliatory measures against Ukraine for carrying out an alleged 'terrorist' drone attack on Moscow yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkyy

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Following Kyiv's alleged 'terrorist' drone attack on Moscow on Monday, Russia has said that harsh retaliatory measures will be taken against Ukraine for this brazen act of terror, Reuters reported. As per a senior Ukrainian official, nobody was hurt in the attack, however, he added that there would be more such attacks. One of the drones during the said attack struck close to the Moscow building where the Russian military holds briefings on what it calls its "special military operation", a symbolic blow which underscored the reach of such drones, as reported by news agency Reuters.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said, "Today at night drones attacked the capital of 'the orcs' and Crimea. Electronic warfare and air defence are already less able to defend the skies of the occupiers." He is one of the officials spearheading Ukrainian efforts to create an "army of drones" and while talking about this, he posted a message on the Telegram messaging app that read, "No matter what happens there will be more of this," as reported by Reuters.

The Russian defence ministry said their forces used radio-electronic equipment to take out the two Ukrainian drones, forcing them to crash, thereby foiling what it called an attempted "terrorist attack". Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova while talking to RTVI TV channel said that Ukraine was guilty of what she called "an act of international terrorism," reported Reuters.

Russia accused Ukraine of launching a ‘terrorist’ drone attack that damaged at least two buildings in the capital Moscow early on Monday morning. The Russian defence ministry said two drones were "suppressed and crashed", adding that there were no casualties. Media reported that the debris was found not far from the defence ministry's buildings. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on his Telegram said that the two non-residential buildings were struck at around 6:30 am (IST).

Russian news agencies while citing emergency services reported that the drone fragments were found near a building on the Komsomolsky Avenue, which runs through central Moscow. The said site is around 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) away from the defence ministry's buildings. The reports added that after the attack, traffic was closed on Komsomolsky Avenue as well as on Likhachev Avenue in Moscow's south, where a high-rise office building was damaged.