Russian authorities said a Ukrainian military drone crashed into a building in central Moscow on Friday morning.
Local air defence system shot down the drone before the debris fell in the city's Expo Center complex, the defence ministry said in a statement.
The "unmanned aerial vehicle" was hit at about 4am local time but caused no casualties after interception, the statement added. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said emergency services were operating around the non-residential building although no significant damage was done.
One of the walls had temporarily collapsed as a result of the falling wreckage, emergency services told the local media. Airspace near Moscow's international airport was temporarily closed following the strikes.
Russia also claimed it had successfully defended against a Ukrainian drone attack which targeted its warships in the Black Sea on Thursday night.
Moscow and its surrounding region have been a target of frequent drone attacks in recent weeks as the Ukrainian counteroffensive progresses in full swing.
A drone was shot down near Kremlin in May, followed by a couple of attacks targeting the capital's financial districts.
source: euronews
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