Moscow said on Tuesday that drone attacks on Russian territory attributed to Kiev would not have been possible without the help of the United States and NATO, AFP reported.

Russia announced on Tuesday that it shot down five Ukrainian drones over the Moscow region.

“These attacks would not have been possible without the help provided to the Kyiv regime by the United States and its NATO allies,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said, asserting that the West “trains drone operators and provides the necessary information to carry out such actions.” “crimes”.

Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of a drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region that disrupted flights at one of the capital’s main airports, Reuters reported. An unmanned aerial vehicle was intercepted 30 km from the Kremlin, the Russian authorities claim.

Four drones were shot down by Moscow air defense forces, and the fifth was blocked and fell in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported with reference to Reuters.

Landings and take-offs at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport were restricted for several hours on Tuesday morning before normal operations resumed after 8am. Several flights were diverted to other airports.

“The attempt of the Kyiv regime to attack the territory where civilian infrastructure is located, including the airport, which also receives foreign flights, is another act of terrorism,” said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova.

“The international community should realize that the United States, Great Britain, and France – permanent members of the UN Security Council – finance the terrorist regime,” she said.

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