In a statement, the Russian Defence Ministry said, "On the night of August 23, air defences thwarted another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack on Moscow, which involved three aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles. Two drones involved in the attack were destroyed
Russia's forces have captured a village in northeastern Ukraine, an area that has seen a growing concentration of Russian armies, Moscow's Defence Ministry said.
According to the statement, a third drone was intercepted and lost control before crashing into non-residential buildings complex in Moscow. The drone struck the same building that was hit in Ukrainian drone strikes on Sunday.
"During practical manoeuvres, Russian and Chinese sailors improved their moving skills in various formations and held communication drills. Next, Russian combat vessels practised a naval engagement with a notional enemy’s warship, performing artillery fire on a surface target using AK-100 an
Putin's statement comes after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the alleged head of the Wagner mercenary group, in a series of recordings released on social media on Saturday, announced that his troops had taken control of military facilities in two Russian cities.
Russian Ministry of Defence noted that Russia has already provided such assistance to all the fighters and commanders who applied for it. It further said that it would "guarantee everyone's safety."
According to regional governor Yuri Malashko, a Russian raid on the small village of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region resulted in at least one death and two injuries on Monday, reported Al Jazeera.
The Russian Defence Ministry on Wednesday said that US drone MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle detected flying over the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula violated the boundaries of the area of the temporary airspace regime established during the special operation.