A drone hit an workplace tower in Moscow on Tuesday that was struck over the weekend, whereas at the least one different drone was downed, the town’s mayor stated.

“Several drones were shot down by air defense systems while trying to fly to Moscow. One (drone) flew into the same tower in (Moscow) City as last time. The facade on the 21st floor was damaged,” Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin posted on Telegram

“There is no information on casualties,” he stated, including that emergency providers had been on the scene.

On Sunday, Russia stated it had downed Ukrainian drones focusing on the capital in an assault that broken two workplace towers in Moscow-City, a enterprise district.

Shortly after the drone assault, Moscow’s Vnukovo worldwide airport was briefly closed, TASS state information company reported.

“Vnukovo was temporarily closed for arrivals and departures, the planes are redirected to other airports,” emergency providers stated, in keeping with TASS, which later reported that it had resumed regular operations.

Moscow and its environs, mendacity about 500 kilometres (310 miles) from the Ukrainian border, had not often been focused through the battle in Ukraine till a number of drone assaults this yr.

Sunday’s assault is the newest in a collection of current drone assaults — together with on the Kremlin and Russian cities close to the border with Ukraine — that Moscow has blamed on Kyiv.

The Kremlin stated that assault was “an act of desperation” by Ukraine because of setbacks on the battlefield.

Ukraine started its long-awaited counteroffensive in June however has made modest advances within the face of stiff resistance from Russian forces on the frontline.