Russia’s Defense Ministry stated early Friday that it had shot down a drone aimed on the Moscow area, saying Ukraine was behind the most recent such assault close to the Russian capital.

The strike, which couldn’t be independently confirmed, could be the second tried drone assault within the capital area in lower than every week. On Monday, an intercepted drone attack in central Moscow that Russia additionally blamed on Ukraine broken at the very least two nonresidential buildings. Ukraine didn’t touch upon the claims.

The Russian protection ministry stated that Friday’s tried strike precipitated no casualties or harm. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is in St. Petersburg, about 400 miles away, hosting African leaders at a summit.

Several drone assaults of differing magnitudes have focused Moscow since May, bringing the conflict home to individuals who had largely been sheltered from the results of the struggle being waged by Mr. Putin a whole bunch of miles away.

Moscow stated the strike on Monday was intercepted close to an avenue operating by one of many metropolis’s most upscale components, and near a constructing housing the Russian National Defense Management Center. Videos verified by The New York Times confirmed harm in at the very least two areas close to the Moskva River within the southern a part of the town.