Russia says it introduced down Ukranian drones in and round Moscow within the early hours of Wednesday.

No casualties had been nonetheless reported. One incident noticed a drone come crashing down right into a constructing web site close to a prestigious enterprise complicated.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated the drone got here down in, Krasnogorsk, Moscow City, an space that has already been hit by drones twice. Several home windows had been damaged in two buildings close by and emergency providers responded to the scene, reviews the Associated Press.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense stated the drone had been electronically jammed.

Russian authorities blamed the assault on Ukraine. It stated two different drones had been shot down by its air defece techniques within the Mozhaisk and Khimki areas of the Moscow area.

Moscow airport briefly closed following the assaults. Although Russian state-affiliated media says the worldwide facility has since reopened.

Ukraine's counteroffensive has, in current months, see it take the battle proper to the guts of Russia. It has more and more been sending drones into Moscow and the encircling areas.

While drones assaults on Russia have gotten a daily occurence, there isn't a suggestion it has suffered main casualties. Ukraine has not formally acknowledged the assaults.