Ukraine-Russia war – live: Kyiv tells Putin and Moscow to expect ‘daily’ attacks after latest drone shot down
Moscow said the drone was jammed, causing it to crash, as it flew towards its target
A Ukrainian drone was jammed, causing it to crash, as it flew towards its target in Moscow, Russia’s ministry of defence said.
Andriy Yusov told Kyiv Post that “the concept of security is increasingly distant from the residents of Moscow”, adding that the Russian air defence system is “ineffective, outdated, and cannot adequately respond to modern challenges”.
The airspace over two Russian airports was also temporarily closed on Friday, in a move that the RIA state news agency said was caused by suspected drone flights.
It was not immediately known whether the two incidents were related.
The news of a foiled drone attack on Moscow comes one day after Russia’s emergency service reported a warehouse near Vladimir Putin’s official residence and the Vnukovo airport was on fire.
According to a report by the state-backed Tass news agency, the warehouse is located 4 miles from from Mr Putin’s presidential residence in Novo-Ogaryovo.
Putin ‘considers coming face to face with world leaders’ at G20 summit
Russian president Vladimir Putin is considering attending the G20 summit in person, a Kremlin source has claimed.
The summit is set to take place in September in New Delhi, India, focusing on the theme “One Earth, One Family, One Future.”
But Putin hasn’t ruled out his attendance, the Kremlin official told NBC News, seeking to “relaunch himself on the world stage” ahead of next year’s election.
Likewise, the official claimed that Putin is keen to win over countries that aren’t solid in their support for Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
As world leaders condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Putin did not participate in the event in Bali in 2022.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy broadened his battle against graft on Friday, firing all the heads of Ukraine’s regional army recruitment centres as the war with Russia enters a critical stage.
Mr Zelensky said that any sacked army recruitment officers who are not being investigated should head to the front to fight for Ukraine “if they want to keep their epaulettes and prove their dignity”.
“But let me emphasize: the army is not and never will be a substitute for criminal punishment. Officials who confused epaulettes with perks will definitely face trial,” he said in his statement.
Ukraine has increasingly faced recruitment challenges as the war, now in a brutally attritional phase, nears the 18-month mark. The military has been occasionally hit by scandals involving graft or heavy-handed recruitment tactics.
Last month, the head of the Odesa region’s recruitment centre was ordered into pre-trial detention on suspicion of illegal enrichment. Ukrainian media reports found his family had acquired lavish property in Spain.
Videos purporting to depict army recruiters aggressively pursuing or becoming violent with would-be draftees have gone viral on social media in the country, which has been under martial law since the invasion.
Mr Zelensky said top general Valery Zaluzhny would be responsible for implementing Friday’s decision and that new candidates for the posts would first be vetted by Ukraine’s domestic security service, the SBU.
Despite recent moves against graft, Ukraine still ranks 116th out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index.
A Transparency-commissioned opinion poll in June found that 77% of Ukrainians believe corruption is among Ukraine’s most serious problems.
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