Ukrainian Military Continues Drone Attacks on Moscow

The mayor of Moscow announced the continuation of Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian capital. Mayor of Moscow. Sergey Sobyanin Monday (31/7/2023) said a drone attacked a building in central Moscow, and at the same time another drone was shot down on the outskirts of Moscow. According to this report, Vnukova International Airport in Moscow is also temporarily closed. The Russian Defense Ministry has held Ukraine responsible for an attack targeting civilian infrastructure in Moscow for the second time in the past week. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air defenses shot down several drones targeting the Moscow region, and one of them hit a building that was hit earlier.

Meanwhile, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson of the Secretary General of the United Nations reacted to the Ukrainian drone attack on civilian infrastructure in Russia and said that the UN is against drone attacks on civilian infrastructure. (PH) Deputy Chair of the Russian National Security Council said , Ukraine's refusal to enter into peace talks has opened up the possibility of the successful completion of Russia's special military operation. Dmitry Medvedev, Monday (31/7/2023) as quoted by Sputnik said, "In the end it is really happy that the Ukrainian body that is about to be destroyed is managed by narrow-minded idiots, corrupt traders and silent clowns who pray for their masters abroad."

Regarding Ukraine's rejection of Russia's proposal for peace talks, Medvedev explained, "It is really important that the senior buffoon, namely Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, signs a piece of paper prohibiting negotiations with our country." He continued, "All this allowed Russia to complete what it had started in a special military operation to end the Bandera Regime, the Nazi ideology and all the evil that has killed its own citizens because of Western money." The Ukrainian government has reportedly rejected all peaceful mediation proposals on the pretext of concentrating on the ultimatums contained in Zelensky's peace formula for Russia. (HS)