<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Russian forces downed two combat drones headed for Moscow, the city's mayor said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Two combat drones' attempt to fly into the city was recorded. Both were shot down by air defense," Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram, without naming an attacker.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said one drone was downed in the Domodedovo area on the southern outkirts of the city, while the second was shot down in the Minsk highway area, west of the capital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"At the moment, there is no information about victims of the fall of the wreckage," he said, adding that emergency services were on the ground.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The strikes are at least the third attack on Moscow within a week, with Ukrainian drones downed on Sunday and Monday, according to Russian officials.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Moscow was rarely targeted throughout the conflict in Ukraine until several attacks this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Russia's defence ministry said Thursday it had downed seven drones over the Kaluga region, less than 200 kilometres (124 miles) southwest of Moscow.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On July 30, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that "war" was coming to Russia, with the country's "symbolic centres and military bases" becoming targets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the start of this month, an office block in the capital's main business district was struck twice within days by debris from a downed drone strike. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>