Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reports drone shot down by air defenses

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that there was an attempted drone attack on the morning of August 6.

“Today, at around 11:00 a.m. there was an attempt to break through to Moscow with a drone. Air defense systems destroyed it on its approach. The military did a great job,” wrote Sobyanin on his Telegram channel.

Russia’s Defense Ministry also said that the drone had been destroyed. According to the Ministry, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intended to attack targets in the Moscow region using a drone, but it was destroyed by air defense systems in the Podolsky district. The Defense Ministry said that there was no damage and no one was injured.

Earlier, the press service for the Vnukovo International Airport announced that its airspace was temporarily closed and that there were restrictions on arriving and departing flights.

According to the Telegram channel Baza, one 77-year-old man sustained an injury to his hands as a result of falling drone debris. Other outlets have not yet confirmed this information. The outlet claims that debris from the drone fell on a playground in the village of Selkhoztekhnika.

The Telegram channel Mash posted a video of the drone, which was reportedly shot down over the Podolsky district. According to the channel, it was a Ukrainian UJ-22 Airborne drone.

The Telegram channel 112 showed photos of the fallen drone debris.