<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Russia said Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had attempted to attack Moscow with a drone, but said defenses destroyed the unmanned aerial vehicle with debris falling outside the center of the capital.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The nearly two-year conflict between Moscow and Kyiv has seen both sides launch drones at each other’s towns and cities, with Ukraine announcing daily that it destroyed Iranian-designed drones in overnight attacks.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin initially announced the drone attack over the Russian capital without claiming whether Kyiv was responsible or saying where the drone had been launched from.</div><div><br></div><div>The defense ministry later blamed Kyiv and said air defense systems had downed the drone it said was targeting “facilities” in Moscow, with elaborating.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by the air defense forces on duty over the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region,” the defense ministry said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sobyanin said that according to preliminary information he received the debris that fell had not resulted in any material damage or injuries to bystanders.</div><div><br></div><div>“Emergency services specialists are working at the scene,” he added in a statement to residents of the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow’s Vnukovo airport said it was temporarily pausing accepting arrival flights, citing “reasons beyond the airport’s control.”</div><div><br></div><div>The attack on Moscow comes hours after the defense ministry said it had downed several Ukrainian drones over the southern region of Bryansk on the border with Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow blamed Ukraine for a spate of aerial attacks on the Russian capital earlier this year when drones hit the Kremlin and repeatedly targeted the city’s financial district. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>