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On the morning of May 30, Ukrainian kamikaze drones attempted to attack Moscow from the southwest and west. Air defence work exploded over Barvikha, over Novaya Riga, in Novaya Moscow, and in the areas adjacent to Vnukovo airport. Three drones crashed into residential high-rise buildings on Profsoyuznaya Street and Leninsky Prospekt.

The mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, wrote that the UAV attack caused minor damage to several buildings.

“All emergency services in the city are on the scene. They are investigating the circumstances of what happened. Please trust only official sources and do not spread unverified information. For safety reasons, arrangements have been made for the evacuation of residents of several entrances in the two houses affected by the UAV hit for the duration of the emergency services. According to the city’s medical services, at the moment none of the residents of the houses damaged by the UAV have been seriously injured. Two people sought medical assistance. No one required hospitalisation, the necessary care was provided on site. Emergency services and several ambulance teams are also still working at the scene,” it said.

Russian Spring war correspondents are reporting about a UAV that crashed into a house in New Moscow on Atlasova Street. The explosion blew out windows. Another drone crashed on Profsoyuznaya Street; its wreckage was found in a flat on the 16th floor. A drone also hit an apartment building on Leninsky Avenue. Explosions were reported to have been heard in the Nemchinovka, Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk areas – air defence systems were operating. Satellite navigation signals were jammed in Moscow in connection with the UAV attack, with taxi drivers and drivers complaining of GLONASS/GPS failures, the war correspondents said.

The Russian Defence Ministry said the Kiev regime launched a terrorist drone attack on targets in Moscow on the morning of May 30. “The attack involved eight aircraft-type drones. All enemy drones were defeated. Three of them were suppressed by electronic warfare, lost control and deviated from their intended targets. Five more drones were shot down by the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun system in the Moscow Region,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Sources said 25-30 UAVs of various types were involved in the attack on Moscow. The launches came from northern Sumy or Chernigov regions, with most of the UAVs being shot down on the approach to Moscow and in the Moscow region. “According to media reports, a total of 32 drones were counted. 19 were shot down by air defence assets. Ten fell on their own, hooked on trees and wires. Three damaged residential buildings,” says Boris Rozhin, an expert at the Centre for Political and Military Journalism, in his Telegram channel.