Iran Press/ Europe: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that air defense systems had shot down a drone early on Friday morning, and debris had fallen on the city’s Expo Center.
The Expo Center – a large event space for major exhibitions – is less than 5km (3.1 miles) from the Kremlin.
A video published by Russian media outlets showed thick smoke rising next to skyscrapers in the city.
The Russian defense ministry said that Ukraine launched the drone attack at about 4 am local time (01:00 GMT) “using an unmanned aerial vehicle against objects located in Moscow and the Moscow region.”
“The UAV, after being exposed to air defence weapons, changed its flight path and fell on a nonresidential building in the Krasnopresnenskaya embankment area of Moscow,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Moscow’s mayor said emergency services were on the scene but that early reports indicated there were no casualties.
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