Experts on drone attacks on Moscow skyscrapers

Описание: (2 Aug 2023)
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Moscow, Russia - 1 August 2023
1. Moscow City skyscrapers
2. Firefighters working behind windows hit by drone
3. Wide of building hit by drone
4. Blocked street, fire engine in background

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Paris, France - 31 July 2023
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Ulrike Franke, expert in drones and military technology at the European Council on Foreign Relations:
"Air defense, the defense against drones is actually pretty hard. It's not that easy to do in the sense that you need to be at the right place at the right time, you need to have the right system to fight whatever drone comes at you. And there are many different systems. So you may have a good system at the right place at the right time, but it turns out it doesn't work against whatever drone is attacking you."

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Moscow, Russia - 1 August 2023
6. Skyscraper hit by drone, tilt-down to blocked street
7. People walking toward blocked area

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Paris, France - 31 July 2023
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Ulrike Franke, expert in drones and military technology at the European Council on Foreign Relations:
"With the attacks that we've just seen, these could be fixed wing systems that could have crossed, you know, quite a while over Russian territory. If that's the case, there are few systems that could be it, but it really is pure speculation as we haven't seen any - or I haven't seen any videos of this yet - if this is the case, this would be rather embarrassing for Russian air defenses because indeed, you know, if a drone has been in Russian airspace for hours, you know, air defenses should have picked it up earlier and ideally have shot it down earlier."

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Moscow, Russia - 1 August 2023
9. People outside damaged building
10. Various of car driving past people

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Northamptonshire, UK - 31 July 2023
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Keir Giles, Russia expert at Chatham House:
"The recent drone attacks on Moscow haven’t done a great deal of physical damage, but then that’s not the important point. Instead, it is the demonstration of capability and the psychological effect that these will have, and the political effect too."

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Moscow, Russia - 1 August 2023
12. Various of damaged skyscraper, broken windows

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Northamptonshire, UK - 31 July 2023
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Keir Giles, Russia expert at Chatham House:
"It blows holes in Russia’s narrative on invulnerability, of this idea that actually the war on Ukraine is successful and is being prosecuted far away from any consequences for the Russian people themselves. That is something which is going to be harder and harder for Russia’s propaganda machine to explain away."

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Moscow, Russia - 1 August 2023
14. Fire engine
15. Skyscraper hit by drone

STORYLINE:
A British analyst on Tuesday said the latest drone attack on a skyscraper in central Moscow "blows holes in Russia’s narrative on invulnerability".

A drone struck a skyscraper early Tuesday for the second time in around 48 hours, damaging the building’s facade and further underscoring the Russian capital’s vulnerability.

Speaking to the Associated Press, Keir Giles, a Russia expert at an international affairs think tank based in the UK, said the attack will make it "harder and harder for Russia’s propaganda machine to explain away".




















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