TOP HEADLINES

• Three Ukrainian sea drones attacked two Russian Black Sea navy ships 340 km (211 miles) southwest of Sevastopol and were destroyed, TASS cited Russia's defense ministry as saying on Tuesday.

• Ukraine has thwarted an overnight attempt by a Russian saboteur group to cross its northern border, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

• An adviser to Russia's economy minister said on Tuesday the ministry's employees were continuing to work remotely after drone strikes at the heart of Moscow's financial district, with experts assessing the damage to infrastructure there.

• Russia said Tuesday it had downed another wave of Ukrainian drones aimed at vessels in the Black Sea and Moscow. Air defense facilities shot down 16 projectiles launched by HIMARS, according to the Ministry of Defense.

• Russian General of the Army Sergei Shoigu presented state awards to the crew of a Russian tank that showed "courage and heroism" while repelling an attack in June 2023.

• The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov has traveled to an advanced command post to meet troops attempting to repel Ukraine's advances.

IN DEPTH

Moscow's financial district hit by second drone strike

A high-rise building in Moscow's business district that houses three Russian government ministries was struck by a drone for the second time in three days on Tuesday, in what Russia called an attempted Ukrainian "terrorist attack."

A Ukrainian presidential adviser said Moscow should expect more drone attacks and "more war."

The building that was struck is known as the "IQ quarter", which houses the ministry of economic development, the digital ministry and the ministry of industry and trade. Video obtained by Reuters showed a section of its glass facade, high above the ground, had been destroyed by the impact.

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"At the moment, experts are assessing the damage and the state of the infrastructure for the safety of people in the building. This will take some time," Darya Levchenko, an adviser to the economy minister, said on Telegram. She said staff were working by video-conference.

Moscow has come under repeated drone attacks since early May, when two drones were fired at the roof of a building in the Kremlin complex.

While the incidents have not caused casualties or major damage, they have provoked widespread unease and sit awkwardly with the Kremlin's narrative that Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine is proceeding according to plan.

Ukraine has drawn satisfaction from the attacks, though without directly claiming responsibility for them.

"Moscow is rapidly getting used to a full-fledged war," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.

He said Russia should expect "more unidentified drones, more collapse, more civil conflicts, more war."

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