Europe News Desk!! Ukraine’s air force has confirmed that it shot down its own uncontrollable drone in the central area of the capital Kiev. According to the BBC report, the sound of explosions was heard for about 15 to 20 minutes on Thursday night. Actually the air defense attempted to shoot down the drone in an area near the President’s office. The Air Force acknowledged in a statement that the Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aircraft became uncontrollable around 8 p.m. during a scheduled flight in the Kiev region. The decision to shoot down the drone was taken as the uncontrolled presence of UAVs in the capital’s airspace could have undesirable consequences, the statement said. There were no casualties or injuries in the fall of the drone. It’s a pity, but it’s technology, and things happen,’ the statement said, according to the BBC. It is probably a technical fault, the reasons are being ascertained.
The head of the city’s military administration, Serhiy Popko, said the fire was under control in a building in the Solomonsky district, west of the city center, where the drone was downed. The incident comes after Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin on Wednesday. Russia alleges that Ukraine carried out the attack with the aim of killing President Vladimir Putin, although the president was not there at the time. Ukraine has said it had nothing to do with the alleged attack on the Kremlin, and tensions over Moscow Accused of carrying out this incident to increase.
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