Russian air defence systems have brought down two combat drones west of the Russian capital, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
The drones were downed early on Tuesday over the Moscow region’s towns of Krasnogorsk and the settlement of Chastsy, Sobyanin said.
“Air defence shot down two attack drones. One in the Krasnogorsk area, the other in the Chastsy area,” he Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that emergency services were responding.
The Moscow mayor did not give details on damage or casualties in what is the latest attempted drone raid on the Russian capital.
Video published by the RIA Novosti news agency showed debris littering the ground in Krasnogorsk, including what was said to be fragments of a drone. The facade and windows of a 25-storey building were damaged as well as a number of cars parked nearby, the news agency reported.
Air traffic at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports was briefly halted, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported, quoting an aviation service source as saying.
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