Moscow, Crimea Hit by Drones while RUssian Forces Bombard UKRaine’s South; UKR’s Armed Forces Hit 3 RU Air Defence Systems and 4 Command Points; UKR Advances in Berdiansk Direction; UKR has Modest Gains Near Bakhmut and Orikhiv; RU Ammunition Depot Hit in Crimea, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

NY POST: Moscow, Crimea hit by drones while Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s south: Russian officials

Russian authorities accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Moscow early Monday that saw one of the aircraft fall near the Defense Ministry’s main headquarters and striking Crimea, while the Russian military unleashed new strikes on port infrastructure in southern Ukraine.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties when the drones struck two nonresidential buildings.

The Defense Ministry claimed that the military jammed both attacking drones, forcing them to crash.

Russian media reported that one of the drones fell on the Komsomolsky highway near Moscow’s center, shattering shop windows and damaged the roof of a house just about over 200 yards away from the towering riverside Defense Ministry building.

The ministry’s main headquarters has Pantsyr air defense systems placed on the roof.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the drone targeted the Defense Ministry’s headquarters, which is located 1.7 miles away from the Kremlin, or was heading to some other target in central Moscow.

Another drone hit an office building in southern Moscow, gutting several upper floors — more visible damage compared to earlier drone strikes on the Russian capital.

Emergency workers were inspecting the damage and traffic was halted on sections of highways where the drones fell.

Ukrainian authorities didn’t immediately claim responsibility for the strike, which was the second drone attack on the Russian capital this month.

In the previous attack on July 4, the Russian military said four of the five drones were downed by air defenses on the outskirts of Moscow and the fifth was jammed by electronic warfare means and forced down.

The raid prompted authorities to temporarily restrict flights at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and divert flights to two other Moscow airports. —>READ MORE HERE

Ukraine’s Armed Forces hit three Russian air defence systems and four command points – General Staff report:

In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces struck four command points, three air defence- and nine artillery systems in firing positions.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 24 July

Details: The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out eight strikes on the clusters of Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment and four on Russian air defence systems. During the day, Ukraine’s air defence also destroyed three assault UAVs of the Shahed-136 type.

At the same time, units of Rocket Forces and Artillery hit four command points, three air defence systems, nine artillery systems in firing positions and four electronic warfare stations of the Russian forces.

During the day, the Russian troops carried out 1 missile- and 58 air strikes, as well as over 26 attacks from multiple-launch missile systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among children and civilians; the port infrastructure and grain storage points in the south of Ukraine, residential buildings and other infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.

During the day, 23 combat clashes were recorded.

On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of forming any offensive groups. —>READ MORE HERE

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