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Two combat drones shot down near Moscow

09 Aug 2023 12:18pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 8, 2023 shows employees working to clear the rubbles of a partially destroyed residential building and hotel one day after Russian missiles strikes in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP)
This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 8, 2023 shows employees working to clear the rubbles of a partially destroyed residential building and hotel one day after Russian missiles strikes in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP)
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MOSCOW - Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday that two combat drones flying towards Moscow were shot down by Russian Air Defence Forces, reported Xinhua.

At the time of the shootdown, one was near the Domodedovo area south of Moscow, and the other near the Minsk Highway, west of the capital, Sobyanin said.

At the moment, there is no information about injuries from the falling debris and emergency services are working at the scene, he wrote on social media. - Bernama/Xinhua

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