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Police stand outside an apartment building affected by a drone strike in Moscow, Russia. Photo/sputnik
MOSCOW – Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin said several buildings were slightly damaged by drone attacks.
More detailed information was later revealed by the Russian Ministry of Defense (Kemhan).
“Ukraine attacked the Russian capital with eight unmanned aerial vehicles on Tuesday morning, all of the drones were shot down,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“This morning, the Kiev regime carried out a terrorist attack with unmanned aerial vehicles on facilities in the city of Moscow. Eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were involved in the attack. All enemy drones were hit,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
Three drones were brought down by means of electronic warfare, lost control and deviated from their intended targets.
“Five other unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and weapon system in the Moscow region,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
Earlier in the day, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov said several drones had been shot down as they approached Moscow.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said several buildings were slightly damaged by the drone strike. “No one was seriously injured,” he said.
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