Residents of Tula Oblast reported a "loud explosion in the sky" on social media. Windows rattled in residential buildings and car alarms were triggered in building courtyards.
The explosion was also heard in the city of Tula itself.
A drone was also spotted in Belgorod Oblast overnight on Aug. 29. It was allegedly intercepted by Russian air defense.
Russia typically claims to shoot down or disable with electronic warfare systems all attacking drones. However, there is evidence that some of the attacking drones reach their intended targets – such as the same building in Moscow, with offices of Russian government ministries, being attacked twice within three days.
Ukraine denies attacking Russia with drones, but some of the drones capture by video in Russia skies and seen as wreckage on the ground in Russia are of known Ukrainian manufacture. The Main Intelligence Directorate or HUR of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry recently claimed responsibility for the attack on the building with the ministry offices in Moscow.
Russia has seen a spate of drone attack all over the western part of the country in recent months, including attacks on military airfields, during which warplanes and bombers were reported to have been damaged and destroyed.
Earlier this month, drones attacked the village of Lava in Valuy Oblast on Aug. 23, Belgorod governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov reported.
A few days later, several powerful explosion rocked Kursk overnight on Aug. 27. Russia again claimed the successful interception of the attacking drones. However, a drone hit a multi-story building according to the Kursk governor.
It was later discovered that drones had also targeted a military airfield. Sources from Ukraine’s SBU security service informed NV that kamikaze drones targeted four Su-30 warplanes and one MiG-29.
Additionally, among the targets were the radars of three air defense systems – a S-300 system and two Pantsir systems.