Two people injured in Moscow's Voronovo area during drone attack, Sobyanin says
In short
Two people were injured in the Voronovo area of Moscow's TiNAO during a drone attack, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. According to RIA Novosti, citing the mayor, 630 drones flew toward the region from 20:30 on Wednesday.
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Two people were injured in the Voronovo area of TiNAO during a drone attack on New Moscow, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, according to RIA Novosti, TASS and RBC. RIA Novosti quoted him as writing that the two people in the Voronovo area of TiNAO were injured and that all necessary help was being given to them. RBC placed the area near the village of Voronovo in the Troitsky administrative district of Moscow. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
RIA Novosti reported that specialists of emergency services were working at the site where debris fell. According to the mayor, as RIA Novosti reported, 630 drones had flown toward the region since 20:30 on Wednesday. Most were destroyed on distant approaches, and 163 on the approach. [ 1 ]
RIA Novosti also wrote that, in response to enemy attacks, the Russian army was striking decision-making centres, enterprises and depots that it said were used together with NATO specialists. It added that troops were using strike drones and long-range precision weapons. The text available is cut off in places, and the other two documents carry only headlines and summaries. [ 1 ]
Why it matters
The documents give only the mayor's initial report of two injured and the drone count. They do not describe damage or wider consequences.
Key facts
- Two people were injured in the Voronovo area of TiNAO during a drone attack, Sobyanin reported. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Sobyanin said the injured are receiving all necessary help. [ 1 , 2 ]
- Emergency service specialists are working at the site where debris fell, RIA Novosti reported. [ 1 ]
- According to the mayor, 630 drones flew toward the region from 20:30 on Wednesday. [ 1 ]
- Most were destroyed on distant approaches, and 163 on the approach, according to RIA Novosti's account of the mayor's data. [ 1 ]
- RBC placed the injuries near the village of Voronovo in the Troitsky administrative district of Moscow. [ 3 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- The condition and nature of the injuries of the two people. The documents say only that they were injured and are receiving help.
- The figure of 630 drones and how they were destroyed. Only RIA Novosti gives these numbers, attributed to the mayor, and its text is cut off after the figure of 163.
- RIA Novosti's statement that the Russian army is striking decision-making centres, enterprises and depots in response. This appears only in RIA Novosti, and the text is cut off, so the source of the claim is not clear.