For weeks in Kyiv, there have been daily drone attacks in the Ukrainian city. And videos would later be released of the damages along with numbers of those killed and wounded. Even though air defenses would catch authorities put out preliminary statements confirming a strike.
Moscow reacts
The Kremlin announced that it reserves the right to take “severe measures” in response to the attacks in Moscow.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin gave updates on Telegram. He said emergency services were on the scene and that only two people were injured. A few hours later, Sobyanin said all the residents that were evacuated from apartment buildings were returning home.
“Everyone worked properly,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. “The air defense system also worked well. Clearly, we are talking here about the Kyiv regime’s response to our very effective strikes on one of [their] decision-making centers.”
According to Russian state news agency TASS UAV expert Denis Fedutinov, speculated that the drone attacks were a test of Russia’s air defenses.
