Another drone attacks Moscow

Another drone attacks Moscow

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An explosion was reported near the Expocenter in the Russian capital, Moscow, as the city saw a drone attack overnight Friday.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported the news on Telegram, Ukrinform saw.

"Tonight, during an attempt to reach Moscow, an unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense forces. The debris from the UAV fell in the Expocenter area. The building did not sustain any serious damage," he wrote.

According to tentative reports, no one was hurt on the ground.

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"Emergency emergency services are working at the scene," Sobyanin added.

The SHOT Telegram channel wrote that a "minor collapse" occurred in the Expocenter’s Pavilion 8 on an area of 25-30 square meters.

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the UAV attack, saying that the drone’s flight path “changed” after it was “hit by anti-aircraft missiles and fell on a non-residential building in the Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment area in Moscow." The ministry confirmed the information that no casualties were reported.

As reported earlier, on the night of July 30, explosions rang out in the Russian capital. An UAV fell in the Moscow City business district, damaging an IQ-Quarter building.

On the night of August 1, several drones attacked the capital of Russia for the second time that week, one of them hitting the same building in the Moscow City district.

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