Moscow again attacked by drones

Air defenses shot down a drone outside Moscow in the early hours of August 23 morning, while another drone hit a building under construction in the Moscow City financial district, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on Telegram, Report informs referring to TASS.

"Air defenses downed a drone in the Mozhaisky District of the Moscow Region, while another unmanned aerial vehicle hit a building under construction in the City," he said.

Response teams have been dispatched to the sites, Sobyanin added.

"According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties," the mayor stressed.

An aviation official said earlier that Moscow’s airports had been temporarily closed to flights.

The building under construction in the Moscow City district suffered minor damage, an emergency official noted. "Several window openings were knocked out," he said.