Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Moscow Drone Attack

A member of the security services investigates a damaged building following a reported drone attack in Moscow on July 24.

Russia said it had neutralized two Ukrainian drones over Moscow in the early hours of July 24, with one crashing close to the Defense Ministry in the city center. There were no reported injuries in the attack.
 

Members of the security services investigate the debris near the Moscow building that was reportedly struck by a drone.

"A Kyiv regime attempt to carry out a terrorist act using two drones on objects on the territory of the city of Moscow was stopped," Russia's Defense Ministry said. "Two Ukrainian drones were  suppressed and crashed. There are no casualties."

A member of the security services stands guard next to the site of a damaged building in Moscow.

The TASS news agency reported one drone crashed in Komsomolsky Prospekt, near the ministry, while another hit a business center on Likhacheva Street by one of Moscow's main ring roads.
 

Members of the security services investigate the site where the debris landed after the reported drone attack.

The attack came a day after Kyiv vowed to "retaliate" for a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa.

 

People cross a road next to the site of the damaged building in Moscow.
 

Members of the security services investigate a bridge near the site of a damaged building in Moscow.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the drone strikes occurred around 4 a.m. local time. 

Police officers secure an area outside a damaged nonresidential building on Komsomolsky Prospekt after a reported drone attack.

 

The damaged roof of the building on Komsomolsky Prospekt

A man walks past a building reportedly damaged in a drone attack.