Drones to Moscow: Vnukovo Airport introduces “Carpet” plan
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday night, August 10, that two drones were flying toward the Russian capital, but were shot down by air defense.
According to him, one drone was shot down in the Kaluga region of Russia, and the other in the area of the central ring road in Moscow.
According to the Russian media, the Vnukovo airport used the “Carpet” plan and delayed 11 flights. The plan is implemented if unknown flying objects appear in the sky.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that two more drones were shot down over Sevastopol in the annexed Crimea at night, and nine were suppressed by electronic warfare in the Black Sea. They accused Ukraine of “attempting to carry out terrorist attacks.”
A series of attacks on Moscow
Last night, two combat drones were flying at Moscow, which, according to Sobyanin, were shot down.
Since the end of May, the Russian capital has been attacked by drones at least seven times. For example, on May 30, the Russian Defense Ministry announced an attack with eight drones, five of which were shot down, according to media reports, over the elite Rublevka neighborhood. Three drones hit residential buildings in Moscow. The buildings sustained “minor damage” and no one was seriously injured.
On July 4, several drones were shot down in the Moscow region, causing all flights at Vnukovo Airport to be postponed for a while. On July 24, Sobyanin said that the wreckage of one drone hit a residential building in Moscow and another hit a business center.
On July 30, drones attacked theMoscow City business center, which houses the offices of three Russian ministries, three federal agencies and services, as well as the headquarters of Rosselkhozbank. As a result of the attack, a blast wave smashed the windows and allegedly took out documents of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development. On the night of August 1, there was a second attack on Moscow City.
