{"id":184647,"date":"2023-08-01T19:48:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=184647"},"modified":"2023-08-01T19:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:49:01","slug":"moscow-office-tower-hit-as-drones-target-russian-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/moscow-office-tower-hit-as-drones-target-russian-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow office tower hit as drones target Russian capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184651\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.webp 1440w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-300x200.webp 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1024x683.webp 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-768x512.webp 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-696x464.webp 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1068x712.webp 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-630x420.webp 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Russian military said its anti-aircraft units thwarted a Ukrainian &#8220;terrorist attack&#8221; early on Tuesday and downed drones targeting Moscow, but one drone, sent out of control by its units, struck the same high-rise tower hit earlier in the week. There was no word on potential casualties. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Russian strikes on Monday and Tuesday targeted residential buildings in Kharkiv and Kryvyi Rih and a hospital in Kherson, killing several people and injuring dozens. Russian missile and drone strikes are &#8220;a daily occurrence here in Ukraine&#8221;, says FRANCE 24&#8217;s Emmanuelle Chaze, reporting from Kramatorsk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for long-range missiles, to try and undermine the backlines of the Russian army,&#8221; says Chaze.<\/p>\n<p>Workers on Tuesday lowered a hammer and sickle from a gigantic sculptural figure that watches over Ukraine&#8217;s capital, as part of a campaign to remove Soviet symbols which has ramped up since Moscow invaded last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 62-metre-high steel figure of a woman holding a shield with the hammer and sickle and a sword was opened in 1981 as a memorial to Soviet victory in World War II.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184650\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Capturehhjj.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Capturehhjj.webp 880w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Capturehhjj-300x201.webp 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Capturehhjj-768x514.webp 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Capturehhjj-696x466.webp 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Capturehhjj-628x420.webp 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184651\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.webp 1440w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-300x200.webp 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1024x683.webp 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-768x512.webp 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-696x464.webp 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-1068x712.webp 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-630x420.webp 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian military said its anti-aircraft units thwarted a Ukrainian &#8220;terrorist attack&#8221; early on Tuesday and downed drones targeting Moscow, but one drone, sent out of control by its units, struck the same high-rise tower hit earlier in the week. There was no word on potential casualties. 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