Air defence on top of Russian Defence Ministry building could not down a drone – media
The Pantsir S-1 missile system, situated on the roof of the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence of Russia, did not manage to shoot down a drone during the morning attack despite being less than 300 metres away from it.
Source: Radio Liberty with reference to satellite images and social media posts
Details: Radio Liberty has analysed satellite images and posts on social media. It can be concluded that the Pantsir S-1 short range anti-aircraft artillery system is still situated on the roof of the Russian Defence ministry. It was located there at the end of 2022.
Journalists noticed no signs of this missile system being activated in the morning, even though it is located less than 300 metres away from the site of the attack.
Background:
- On the night of 24 July, Russian media and Telegram channels reported that drones attacked the Russian capital, damaging a building next to the Russian Defence Ministry. Another drone hit the Leroy Merlin business centre in Moscow.
- A source of Ukrainska Pravda from the security and defence sector of Ukraine reported that an overnight drone attack on the capital of Russia was a special operation by the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
- Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed puppet leader of Crimea, reported a strike on a Russian ammunition storage point in the Dzhankoi district in occupied Crimea.
- Two days earlier, another ammunition storage point was struck in the Krasnohvardiiskyi district in Crimea, which resulted in detonation.
- The Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Russian Federation said it would take "tough retaliation measures" in light of the recent attacks on Moscow and Russian-occupied Crimea.
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