Strike Drones Attack Government Of Moscow Region

• 22.08.2023, 7:39

Powerful explosions were heard in Moscow suburbs, Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports are closed.

On the night of August 22, Moscow airports "Vnukovo" and "Domodedovo" again suspended the reception of aircraft due to the special "Carpet" regime. At that time explosions were heard in Krasnogorsk and Strogino, obozrevatel.com reports.

Russian Telegram channels reported that the sky was once again closed around Moscow, at about 2:30. A few minutes later, there were reports online about the sounds of explosions in the suburbs of the Russian capital.

The information published on the websites of Russian airports confirmed that an emergency situation had occurred. Some flights were delayed, some boards were sent to Sheremetyevo airport.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the capital of the aggressor country was attacked by strike drones. The occupiers' official said that "the air defence forces shot down two attack drones." One near Krasnogorsk, the other near Chastsy.

At the same time, the Russian defence ministry reported that two UAVs were "detected and destroyed by air defence assets over the territory of Moscow Region". At the same time, two more drones were "suppressed by REB complexes and crashed over the territory of Bryansk Region."

According to one of the Telegram communities, there was a very strong explosion in the town of Krasnogorsk at 2:39, somewhere near Pashinsky Poima. Windows were blown out in some flats.

As a result of the work of the occupiers' air defence systems, a residential building was damaged on Krasnogorsk Boulevard, there the blast ripped out balcony frames.

According to media reports, they recorded smoke near the government building of Moscow region, reports "Crimean Wind".

"A reader filmed the fall of a drone near the Moscow Region government building," one of the sources said. Some users wrote that they heard not one loud sound, but four.

Alarms went off in many cars in the area where the explosion took place. It is stated that the damage was on Krasnogorsky Boulevard.

People in Strogino (a district of the capital of the aggressor country, which borders Krasnogorsk) also heard "bangs". It is possible that these were the same explosions.