Kartapolov called the attack of drones on Moscow “an act of intimidation”

The drone attack on Moscow and the Moscow region is “an act of intimidation aimed at the civilian population.” About it declared Andrey Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee.

“The main thing for us is [паники] prevent. This is an act of intimidation aimed at the civilian population,” he said in an interview. RBC. According to him, this became possible due to the fact that “we have a very large country and there will always be a loophole where a drone can fly, bypassing the areas where air defense systems are located.”

Kartapolov added that it is necessary to conduct a thorough analysis of the drones themselves, how and where they flew from in order to prevent such cases in the future.

On the morning of May 30, drones attacked several buildings in Moscow. The buildings received minor damage as a result. According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, no one was seriously injured as a result of the incident, two people sought medical help, which they received on the spot, but no one needed hospitalization. Later, Governor Andrei Vorobyov announced the operation of air defense systems in the Moscow Region.

In Moscow, according to TASS, drones hit houses at st. Profsoyuznaya, 98, building 6 (near the Belyaevo metro station), st. Leninsky Prospekt, 92, building 1 (next to the Novatorskaya metro station) and on the street. Atlasova, 11 (in the village of Moskovsky, not far from the Vnukovo airport). Rosaviatsiya informedthat airports continue to operate as normal.

On the fact of the incident, the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia began investigation. The UK noted that several drones were also shot down on approach to Moscow. Several Telegram channels wrote that drones were seen in the Krasnogorsk and Istra regions, as well as in the Novaya Riga and Odintsovo regions.