Russia opens criminal case on terrorism charge over drone attack on Moscow

The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on the charge of terrorism following a large-scale drone attack on Moscow, the agency reported via Telegram.

“The investigation team includes experienced detectives and criminal experts of the Russian Investigate Committee’s central office as well as forensic science centre’s experts,” the statement reads.

Earlier on 30 May, Moscow and the Moscow region were attacked by a fleet of drones. The Russian Defence Ministry noted that Ukrainian forces used eight drones in the attack but they were all downed.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that several buildings had been “insignificantly damaged”. Residents of several parts of two apartment buildings were evacuated. Moscow region Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported that several drones were downed as they were flying towards Moscow.

TASS reports, citing emergency services, that a drone ploughed into a multi-storey residential building in New Moscow, resulting in an explosion. A different drone flew into a Moscow resident flat on the 16th floor at Profsoyuznaya Street and broke a window, media reports.

Residents of the targeted neighbourhoods told Novaya-Europe about what happened.

According to Mash and Shot, an apartment block on Moscow’s Leninsky Avenue was also attacked: drone debris flew into an apartment window of the 92k1 building, around 300 people were temporarily evacuated from there. Overall, Baza writes, around 25 drones were involved in the morning attack on Moscow and the Moscow region.