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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth in Moscow

Defensive missile systems erected on Moscow rooftops

Russian Pantsir missile system
Image from the Russian defence ministry on 13 January 2023, of its Pantsir missile system in Donetsk, Ukraine. Photograph: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service/EPA

Missile systems designed to intercept aircraft and incoming missiles appear to have been deployed on top of several defence and administrative buildings in downtown Moscow, signalling that the Kremlin is preparing for a potential, if unlikely, attack being directed on the Russian capital.

Photographs published on social media on Thursday showed a Pantsir missile system had been installed on the roof of an eight-story building used by the Russian defence ministry along the Moskva River.

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