According to the ministry, an unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense in an attempted attack on the Russian capital. No damage or casualties were reported as a result of the incident. Previously, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin had reported on the attack without providing details on its specific location.
This attempted drone attack comes shortly after Ukraine claimed responsibility for a similar attack in central Moscow. On Monday, a drone crashed near the Defense Ministry in the city center, while another hit an office building in a southern district.
Throughout the year, Moscow has been the target of several drone strikes. In May, two drones were shot down over the Kremlin, and others hit the city’s skyscrapers that same month. Also, in a recent incident, Russia claimed to have shot down five Ukrainian drones that entered Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport.
It is relevant to mention that these drone strikes in Moscow have come amid an intense Ukrainian counter-offensive to retake territory captured by Moscow during full-scale hostilities that broke out last February. The Russian capital and its surroundings are approximately 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border but have been the target of these attacks in the context of the escalation of tensions between the two countries.