Moscow drone attack – Buildings opposite GRU Cyber Warfare Unit targeted – Bellingcat

Adrone attacked buildings opposite the central office of the GRU’s cyber warfareunit in Moscow, said Bellingcat’s investigative journalist Christo Grozev.

“Russian media report that a drone attacked buildings near Komsomolsky prospect 17 in Moscow; traffic down this avenue has been closed,” Grozev tweeted on July 24.

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This address is directly opposite the office of the GRU’s cyber warfare unit, specifically FancyBear, he said.

The address also houses the Defense Ministry’s Military University and several highly secretive GRU facilities, including the leadership of their illegal program.

“If Ukraine hit that building complex, the symbolic damage to MoD/GRU will be very significant,” he wrote.

Drones struck Moscow in the early hours of July 24, causing shattered windows and partial damage to building roofs. One UAV fell close to the Russian Defense Ministry, and another struck a business center.

This is not the first drone attack on Moscow. On May 30, drones crashed in five settlements in Moscow Oblast, resulting in damage to at least three high-rise buildings.

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Notable figures, including Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Valery Zorkin chair , and Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko, reside in those areas.

The press service of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claimed on May 3 that Ukraine attempted to strike the Kremlin. According to Russian propaganda, a drone attack caused a fire on the dome of the Kremlin’s palace, which houses the working offices of Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin apartment.

Putin was allegedly working at his suburban residence in Novo-Ogaryovo at the time, said his press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

In response to the accusations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied any involvement by Ukraine in the attack on Russian territory.

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