Russian air defenses downed two attack drones near Moscow, the city's mayor said, in the fifth consecutive night of strikes on the capital region.
Russian air defense forces intercepted two drones in the Moscow Region on Tuesday, no casualties occurred, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyev wrote on Telegram.
"Earlier today, two drones were intercepted by air defenses on the territory of the Moscow Region," he said, adding that the incidents occurred near the settlement of Chastsy west of Moscow and near Krasnogorsk, a satellite city adjacent to the northwestern boundary of the Russian capital.
"The emergencies services are focused on the second incident," the governor continued. "The shockwave shattered windows in an apartment block and damaged cars. There were no injuries among residents, and no fire followed."
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Russian air defense suppressed two Ukrainian drones near Crimea by means of electronic warfare, as a result of which they fell into the water 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) northwest of the peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"On August 21, at about 23:00 Moscow time [20:00 GMT], an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack with aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles was thwarted. Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were detected and suppressed by electronic warfare by the air defense forces," the ministry said.
The ministry added that drones, having lost control, "crashed over the Black Sea, 40 kilometers northwest of the Crimean peninsula."
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