Ukraine’s intelligence agency GUR claimed on its Telegram channel that Russia has a 'limited number' of sophisticated systems left and destroying the S-400 is a 'painful blow.'
Russia’s insistence on holding world food supplies hostage and using them to pressure action against Ukraine – in hopes of a quick end to the conflict through Ukrainian concessions – continues to concern officials. , which allowed Ukraine to ship out much-needed grain supplies to countries around the world.
Russia further claimed to have shot down Ukrainian drones in Moscow and the surrounding region, which Kyiv neither confirmed nor denied, according to The Associated Press. Moscow's airports briefly closed, and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin also said one of the drones smashed into a building under construction in the business complex Moscow City, which has allegedly suffered two previous drone strikes.
A view shows the damaged facade of a high-rise building in the Moscow City following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 23, 2023. Washington responded to the claims by stressing that it does not support or enable Ukraine’s alleged attacks inside Russia, but added that Ukraine chooses how it defends itself from Russia’s aggressions.
While Ukraine has not commented on or confirmed the attacks, such strikes have increased over the past few months, starting with an alleged attack on the Kremlin that Russian security forces managed to foil in early May.
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