Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin attends a meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of unmanned aircraft, at the Rudnyovo industrial park in Moscow, Russia April 27, 2023.  Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/file photo
Russia

Drone shot down near Moscow

Air defences shot down a hostile drone near Moscow in the early hours of Monday, city mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on messaging app Telegram.

(Reuters) - Air defences shot down a hostile drone near Moscow in the early hours of Monday, city mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on messaging app Telegram.

He said that according to preliminary information no casualties or damage on the ground have been reported.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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