A “Ukrainian” drone has been found outside Moscow, an official mentioned on Monday, including this had led native authorities to name off a Victory Day parade for safety causes.
Moscow has accused Ukraine of being behind a variety of drone assaults on navy infrastructure deep inside Russian territory.
On Monday, Igor Sukhin, head of the Bogorodsky metropolis district outside the capital Moscow, mentioned {that a} native resident had found a “Ukrainian” drone in a forest.
“This is not the first drone that appeared in the Moscow region,” Sukhin mentioned on the messaging app Telegram.
The same drone was in February found within the city of Kolomna round 100 kilometres (about 60 miles) southeast of Moscow, he added.
Sukhin mentioned a deliberate Victory Day parade on Might 9 had been cancelled in his neighborhood, in addition to a live performance linked to the festivities.
“Everyone understands that security issues have always come and will always come first,” he added.
Earlier authorities in a number of border areas together with Belgorod mentioned they might additionally forego Victory Day parades.
Russian authorities are nonetheless getting ready to carry the annual show of navy would possibly in Moscow’s Purple Sq. to have a good time Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned on Monday.
“It will be a very important event,” he mentioned.
Individually, authorities mentioned Monday that Russian forces had “repelled” a drone assault on the port of Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea.
