Drone crashes in Russia’s Kaluga region

An unidentified object has crashed near the Tovarkovo village, Kaluga region of Russia, as per the regional government. 

According to Telegram channels Baza and Shot, the object in question is a drone. It is reported that it was shot down by air defence.

Following the crash, there was an explosion, and a crater appeared, the local authorities report. Shot writes that grass caught fire, but it has already been extinguished.

“There’s no damage, no one was hurt. Emergency units are operating on site,” the government statement reads.

The information has been confirmed by the Kaluga region governor Vladislav Shapsha.

Tovarkovo is located 200 km away from Moscow. 

On 30 May, Moscow was attacked by drones. Almost all of them were shot down by air defence or got stuck in wires and trees, seeing as they were flying at a very low altitude. Three drones crashed into residential multi-storey buildings. No one was hurt, the resulting damage to property was insignificant.