The explosion occurred on one of the floors in the IQ-Quarter building in the business center, and flights were restricted in Moscow and the Moscow region. The Russian authorities announced the raid of drones and the operation of air defense.
Explosions were heard in Moscow and the Moscow region on the night of July 30, and Russian authorities are talking about drone attacks and air defense operations. This was announced on Telegram by the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin.
“Last night, Ukrainian drones attacked the city. The facades on two office towers [of the Moscow City business center] were slightly damaged. There were no casualties or injuries,” the official said.
The TASS news agency, citing emergency services, reports an explosion on one of the floors of the IQ-Quarter building in the Moscow City business center.
“As a result of the explosion, the glazing was broken on the 5th-6th floor of the 50-story building on Presnenskaya Embankment,” the agency’s source said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that one drone was destroyed in the air over the Odintsovo district of Moscow Region, and two more crashed in Moscow City.
Russian military accuses Kyiv of drone attacks on targets in Moscow. Restrictions on flights in the Moscow and Moscow region were lifted for aircraft on the morning of July 30.
On the night of July 28, Moscow was also attacked by an “enemy drone”. At the time, the Defense Ministry also spoke of “stopping the Kyiv regime’s attempts” to attack facilities in the Moscow region.
Another attack on Moscow took place on July 24, with one of them falling 300 meters from the Defense Ministry building. Experts believe that the drone attacks were organized to demonstrate the failure of Russia’s air defense and electronic warfare systems.
