Al Jazeera’s Daniel Hawkins said at least two of the three drones that had targeted Moscow were shot down by electronic means.
“That implies that these drones didn’t reach their targets,” Hawkins said, speaking from Moscow.
The third drone was shot down just outside of Moscow in the region of Odintsova, about a 40-minute drive to the west of the city’s outskirts, he continued, indicating that the attack came somewhere from that region of Russia, if not beyond.
“We don’t know what exactly these drones were targeting,” Hawkins said, pointing out that there are many high-profile government and commercial buildings in the city.
Had this attack taken place on a weekday, the casualty numbers would have been much higher, he added, due to Moscow’s vibrancy that has led the city’s residents to describe it as a “human anthill”.
