Moscow buildings hit as Russia says it downs Ukrainian drones

Emergencies services members gather outside the damaged office building in the Moscow City following a reported Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow, Russia, July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's Defence Ministry said it had brought down three Ukrainian drones early on Sunday that had tried to strike Moscow in the second such attack in a week, which damaged a high rise building reported to house government offices.

Nobody was hurt and there was only minor damage to the facade of two office buildings in the Moskva-Citi business district, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.