The attack followed a similar attack on Ukraine’s capital Kiev.
Moscow, Russia:
The Russian capital and its surrounding regions were targeted by rare drone strikes on Tuesday morning, causing “minor” damage to buildings and no casualties, officials said.
Russian forces fired missiles at Kiev on Monday, sending terrified residents running for shelter in an unusual daytime attack on the Ukrainian capital after overnight attacks.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said: “The drone strike this morning caused minor damage to several buildings. All the city’s emergency services are on the scene…no one is seriously injured.”
The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said several drones had been downed near the capital.
“This morning, residents of some districts of the Moscow region heard explosions, it was our anti-air missile defense system,” he wrote.
“Several drones were shot down while moving towards Moscow,” he wrote, urging residents to remain calm and adding that “all rescue services are doing their job”.
Moscow, located more than 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) from Ukraine, has rarely been the target of drone attacks since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, even as such attacks became more common elsewhere in Russia. Are.
Photos posted on social media showed plumes of smoke in the sky. Others showed a broken window.
Sobyanin said residents of two buildings damaged in Tuesday’s attacks had been evacuated and added that they “can return to their apartments after the special services finish their work”.
In early May, two drones were shot down over the Kremlin in what was alleged to be an attack on Ukraine.
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