![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/massive-explosion-rips-through-moscow-skyscraper-in-new-drone-attack/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Drone-attack-Moscow-City-1-August-2023-3-east2west-news.jpg&description=DRAMATIC footage shows the moment of a massive explosion after a fresh drone strike on a skyscraper in Moscow. The huge overnight explosion ripped into the Ministry of Economic Development on the 21st floor of the Moscow City IQ Quarter high-rise tower. 2 A drone strike hit a skyscraper in Moscow 2 The government building was previously hit two days earlier Credit: East2West The government building was previously damaged after a strike in the early hours of Sunday. There were reports of fire and smoke after the strike, and major Moscow airport Vnukovo - used by Russian officials and VIPs - was temporarily closed. The attack is hugely embarrassing for Vladimir Putin's regime which is again shown to have failed to defend the Russian capital city against aerial attack. Russian officials bizarrely claimed the drone had been jammed by electronic warfare before smashing into the same tower as a UAV on 30 July. There were no immediate reports of casualties although ambulances were at the scene. An incoming drone was filmed over Odintsovo after midnight . Two drones were shot down in Odintsovo and Naro-Fominsk, according to the Moscow authorities. The mayor said the facade of the IQ tower in the Moscow city skyscraper zone was damaged. Emergency services were working at the scene in the high rise official and elite residential Moscow City zone, said mayor Sergey Sobyanin. Astra media outlet reported a 'surge' in orders away from the district following the strike. The Defence Ministry said: 'Two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the air by air defence systems over the territory of Odintsovo and Naro-Fominsk districts of Moscow region. 'Another drone was suppressed by electronic warfare and, having lost control, crashed on the territory of the Moscow City non-residential building complex.' Sobanyin said: "One flew into the same tower at the Moscow City complex hit previously. 'The facade has been damaged on the 21st floor. Glazing was destroyed over 150 square metres.' He sa){kind=link}
DRAMATIC footage shows the moment of a massive explosion after a fresh drone strike on a skyscraper in Moscow.
The overnight hit on the IQ Building in the business district called Moscow City was the second strike in two nights.
The government building was previously damaged after a strike in the early hours of Sunday.
There were reports of fire and smoke after the strike, and major Moscow airport Vnukovo – used by Russian officials and VIPs – was temporarily closed.
The attack is hugely embarrassing for Vladimir Putin’s regime which is again shown to have failed to defend the Russian capital city against aerial attack.