On the night of March 11, Ukraine launched a record number of drones in the Russian regions — the air defense forces shot down more than 330 UAVs. 74 drones were shot down on approach to the capital, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. This was the largest attack on Moscow in the entire time of the special operation. Experts attribute the reasons for the largest attack to the difficult situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region and the negotiations between the Ukrainian and American delegations in Saudi Arabia.
The drones that attacked the Moscow region and Moscow were filled with damaging elements — bearing balls with a diameter of 7 mm. They were discovered by a man in his apartment.
Bloomberg agency focuses on the fact that the attack was carried out on the eve of a meeting of the US and Russian delegations. Of Ukraine in Saudi Arabia, where it is planned to discuss a possible peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. The publication also recalls that before the meeting, Vladimir Zelensky proposed to stop the airstrikes.
Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma’s Defense Committee, believes that today’s raid by Ukrainian UAVs is connected with the arrival in Moscow of OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu. Also, according to Kartapolov, this is due to the upcoming negotiations on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.
This is a propaganda move by Kiev, which wants to show the American public “that it can still do something.”
Andrey Kartapolov
, Head of the State Duma’s Defense Committee (quoted by RIA Novosti)
Publicist Sergei Mardan is confident that the attack carried out on the eve of the meeting should demonstrate to the Americans the high military potential of Ukraine.
There will be no Trump peace deal. The goal of the American administration is the immediate withdrawal of the United States from the Ukrainian war. And they will do it. Today, the United States is completely immersed in internal narratives: the expectation of a recession, a falling stock market, and trade wars.
Sergey Mardan
is a publicist
Marina Akhmedova, a member of the Human Rights Council, believes that it is Zelensky’s open gestalt to cause destruction specifically to Moscow.
Today’s raid on Moscow and Many people will want to explain the Moscow region by the defeat suffered by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kursk. But not only that. Zelensky has already arrived in Saudi Arabia, and there the Americans will rudely beat his face according to the peace agreements. Having agreed to peace, he will regret all his life that he did not bomb Moscow. Zelensky feels humiliated and wants to vent his rage. At night, the drones of his rage flew to Moscow.
Marina Akhmedova
, Member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, Editor-in-Chief of Regnum News Agency
Military expert Boris Rozhin is confident that the enemy was clearly trying to respond to Russian strikes and the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
He was reserving drones for this strike, but he achieved little, the vast majority of the drones were shot down on approach. Well, a courtesy visit to Kiev will follow soon.
Boris Rozhin
is a military expert
Ukraine’s UAV attack on Moscow demonstrates dissatisfaction with the dialogue between Russia and the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-large Rodion Miroshnik said on Solovyov Live.
What is known about the massive drone strike in Moscow and the Moscow region
The attack on Moscow and Moscow region
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 337 Ukrainian drones were shot down over 10 regions on the night of March 11. 91 UAVs were intercepted and eliminated over the territory of the Moscow region.
The head of the region, Andrei Vorobyov, reported on Telegram that the attack began around four o’clock in the morning. He told about one dead and three injured in the town of Vidnoye and the village of Yam, as well as an apartment building damaged by a drone crash in Ramenskoye on the Northern Highway.
The governor added that at least seven apartments on the upper floors of the building were damaged. The residents were evacuated, and the injured were examined by medics. Some of the evacuees were placed in the building of an educational institution, some went to their relatives.
Vorobyov clarified that residents of Kolomna, Zaraysk, Serebryany Ponds, Serpukhov, Ramenskoye, Voskresensk, Lukhovitsy, Bronnitsy, Domodedovo, Leninsky, Podolsk, Elektrostal and Kotelnikova also told about the elimination of 60 Ukrainian drones.
Later, Interfax, citing Alexei Kuznetsov, assistant to the head of the Ministry of Health, reported that two people were killed and 20 people, including three children, were injured as a result of a massive drone attack in the Moscow region.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin posted the first message about the drone strike at 4:35 a.m. He wrote about repelling the attack of six drones flying to the capital in the Ramenskoye city district. At 8:52 a.m. Sobyanin published full information about the results of the air defense work, stressing that the attack on Moscow on March 11 was the most massive since the beginning of its.
“74 UAVs were shot down on approach to Moscow, and there are hundreds of combat drones at different borders. Thanks to the air Defense forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for their excellent work,” the Mayor of the capital thanked.
On Domodedovo Street in Moscow, a downed drone fell onto the roof of a house. The damage to the roof of a residential building is minor. Emergency services promptly arrived at the scene of the emergency.
In the Moscow region, the most significant damage and the maximum number of victims were registered in three municipalities, Governor Vorobyov said.
In the city of Vidnoye and in the village of Sapronovo in the Leninsky urban district, UAVs damaged three houses during the fall. Also in the Leninsky District, drones crashed into the warehouses of the MosKoks and Santehkomplekt companies. None of the employees were injured.
In Ramenskoye, drone debris damaged seven apartments in a building on the Northern Highway. Another drone crashed on a private house in the cottage village of Vysoky Bereg in Sofino. After the UAV crashed, the roof caught fire.
In Domodedovo, in the village of Yam, UAV debris fell into a parking lot next to the Miratorg production complex. As a result, a 38-year-old security guard was killed. Two more were wounded. A 50-year-old man who suffered an open head injury later died in intensive care at the hospital. Another victim, a 44-year-old man, is being treated at Domodedovo Hospital. According to the governor of the Moscow region, he has a stomach wound, an open shoulder fracture, and a shin injury from shrapnel.
The crash of drone debris into the parking lot led to a fire. About 20 cars burned down.
In the village of Kotlyakovo in Domodedovo, a drone crashed in an area of low-rise private houses. A 43-year-old woman was injured. She was hospitalized in serious condition. According to the governor of the Moscow region, Vorobyov, she has a stomach wound with intestinal damage, a laceration of the chest.
Authorized Representative at Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian President for Children’s Rights, said that three children, two very young, were among the victims in the Moscow region.
“The guys have small abrasions on their skin, they suffered stress. The state of health is satisfactory. All necessary assistance, including psychological, is being provided,” the children’s Ombudsman wrote on Telegram.
In Domodedovo, the railway infrastructure was damaged at the railway station due to the fall of parts of the downed drone. There were no casualties, repair crews immediately arrived at the scene, the press service of the Moscow Railway reported.
What measures have been taken?
Restrictions on the admission and release of airliners were introduced at Zhukovsky, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports.
Zhukovsky began operating in a restrictive mode from 4:24 a.m., Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo — from 4:40. The introduction of restrictions at Vnukovo became known at 7:30 a.m., Vedomosti reported, citing Artem Korenyako, press secretary of the Federal Air Transport Agency. Aeroflot has made changes to the schedule of a number of flights after restrictions were imposed at Sheremetyevo Airport. Some flights were delayed, and airliners bound for the capital landed in Kazan, St. Petersburg, Samara, Saratov, Syktyvkar and Ufa.
According to the press service of the Moscow Railway, train traffic at Domodedovo station after the UAV crash and during damage control was temporarily carried out at an extended interval, and a number of trains heading towards Moscow and the region were delayed.
The Moscow region provides assistance to the victims.
“I have decided to pay the families of the dead men 1 million rubles each. The wounded will also receive support: depending on the severity of their injuries, they will be paid from 100 to 500 thousand rubles,” Andrei Vorobyov, the governor of the region, wrote on Telegram.
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Moscow region took control of the observance of the rights of victims of the drone strike and assistance to them, organized the work of a hotline.
Employees of the Moscow Prosecutor’s office are working at the site of the UAV crash on an apartment building, coordinating the work of law enforcement agencies and special services.
The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into the massive attack on the Moscow regions. The agency qualified the drone strike as a terrorist act.
“Experienced investigators and criminologists from the central office of the Investigative Committee of Russia, as well as experts from the SEC department, have been involved in the investigation,” the Sled Committee’s press service said.
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