All incoming and outgoing flights were temporarily suspended from Moscow’s Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports in the early hours of Tuesday.
Ukraine war: Russia reportedly intensified its attacks on Ukrainian ports to disrupt grain export which was termed as an attack on 'world food security' by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
One of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's advisers said that Moscow “is rapidly getting used to a full-fledged war,” stopping short of confirming Kyiv's involvement.
Across the wider Volga Federal District, 76 people were injured in the storm, with thousands of households losing power, Russian emergency services said.
Multiple media outlets reported that the Russian Defence Ministry building was the main target as the attacked building was merely 2 km away from the defence headquarters.
According to a statement released by the US Central Command, ISIS leader Osama al-Muhajer was killed in the strike on Friday (July 7).
The first known assault on the city since an unsuccessful mutiny launched 11 days ago by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was the drone attack, which followed previous similar raids on the Russian capital.
Ukrainian forces were advancing amid a 'massive offensive' in different areas of Bakhmut, claimed Ukraine’s Eastern Group of Forces spokesman Serhii Cherevaty. As of Sunday, Russia carried out 27 airstrikes and a missile attack, while targeting several regions in 80 rocket launcher attacks.
The Russian Defense Ministry said five drones were shot down in Moscow and the systems of three others were jammed, causing them to veer off course.
Russia Ukraine news: The buzzing of drones could be heard over the city, followed by loud explosions as they were taken down by air defense systems.
The US had claimed that its forces killed al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan earlier in July this year. Even US President Joe Biden released a video wherein he praised the efforts of the forces involved in the al-Zawahiri killing operation.
Punjab drone activity near Indo-Pak border: The Border Security Force, which is guarding the 553 km stretch of border with Pakistan, has this year shot down 10 drones--three in the last week--besides thwarting intrusion of many unmanned aerial vehicles, the officials said.
Iranian drone attack: The strikes took place as demonstrations continued to engulf the Islamic Republic after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who was detained by the Iranian morality police.
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have denied involvement in the US drone strike it carried out in Kabul that killed Zawahiri. Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban seized power.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the import of 101 defense equipment in August 2020 during Covid. Drones can play a vital role in public services such as defense and infrastructure maintenance. Drones require very little effort, time, and energy and can reach remote and inaccessible areas.
In a short statement just before midnight Wednesday on Twitter, the Emirati Defense Ministry said it had destroyed three “hostile drones” that targeted the UAE at dawn.
While Abu Dhabi police did not immediately offer any suspects for the possible assault, Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an attack targeting the United Arab Emirates, without elaborating.
The UAE has been at war in Yemen since early 2015, and was a key member of the Saudi-led coalition that launched attacks against the Iranian-backed Houthis.
On Aug. 29, a U.S. Hellfire missile struck a car driven by Zemerai Ahmadi, who had just pulled into the driveway of the Ahmadi family compound. In all, 10 members of the family, including seven children, were killed in the strike.
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