Moscow, Crimea Beset by Drones as Kyiv’s Offensive Appears to Shift Focus

Twice in the past three days, attack drones have struck a financial district in Moscow, posing what the Kremlin describes as a “clear and present” danger. Kyiv, for its part, has hailed recent attacks—in both Moscow and Crimea—while declining to take responsibility for them.

A building shows damage caused by a drone attack in Moscow on July 30, 2023. Stringer/Reuters

The Russian capital remained plagued by aerial drones on Aug. 1, as military planners in Ukraine appear to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive to the skies over Moscow.

In the early hours of Aug. 1, Moscow’s Moskva-Citi business district was targeted for the second time by aerial drones, Russian authorities said.