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Russian Air Defenses Defeat Another Drone Attack on Moscow

The Russian Defense Ministry today announced more attempted Ukrainian drone attacks overnight. The Ministry said in a statement that two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the air by air defense facilities over the territory of Odintsovo and Narofominsk districts of Moscow region. A third one was intercepted by electronic warfare means and, having lost control, hit and caused minor damage to an office building in the Moscow City financial district.

TASS reported that a source in the Russian emergency services announced shortly after the incident that no one was hurt as a result of this attempted attack. “According to the preliminary data, there are no casualties following a drone attack on a tower in the IQ-quarter of Moscow City. The building’s glazing above floor 17 sustained damages,” the source said.