Moscow, Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A drone hit an under-construction building in the Moscow City financial district, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in the wee hours on Wednesday.
No one was hurt in the incident, the Mayor was quoted as saying by BBC.
Russian Defence Ministry in a statement said, "Three Ukrainian UAVs were on a mission to conduct a terrorist attack on Moscow. Two drones were destroyed mid-air in Moscow's Mozhaisk and Khimki districts, while the third one crashed into a building in the city's business district."
The damage to the building was minor, TASS news agency quoted emergency services as saying.
Flights were temporarily stopped to and from Moscow's airports, the ministry said.
Ukraine has not commented on the drone strike.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz