Ukraine war: Drone downed over Russia, Moscow says

A Ukrainian drone has been changeable down by Russian aerial defences, Moscow says.

The drone came down successful the municipality of Kireyevsk successful the Tula portion - immoderate 400km from the borderline with Ukraine - connected Sunday, the defence ministry has said.

Russia authorities media is reporting that astatine slightest 3 radical had been injured successful an detonation aft it was brought down.

Ukraine has dismissed erstwhile claims that it has attacked Russian civilian targets with explosive drones and has not yet commented connected this incident.

Moscow has deployed hundreds of drones against Ukraine.

Russian instrumentality enforcement authorities accidental the drone - said to beryllium a Strizh-type (Tu-141) UAV packed with explosives - was brought down astatine 15:20 section clip (12:20 GMT), causing a ample crater successful the bosom of the town.

Several apartments person reportedly been damaged successful the town, which lies 220km (137 miles) southbound of Moscow, but determination person not been immoderate superior injuries.

In a connection connected its Telegram channel, the Russian Defence Ministry accused Ukraine of attempting to transportation retired a strike.

"The grouping of Russian aerial defence systems deployed successful Tula portion - S-300 and Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft rocket systems, arsenic good arsenic Pole-21 physics warfare systems - supply reliable screen from this direction," the defence ministry said.

"In particular, the Pole-21 physics warfare analyzable handled the Ukrainian onslaught drone, which resulted successful its navigation strategy being disabled."

The Engels aerial basal has been repeatedly utilized by Russia to transportation retired rocket strikes connected assorted targets successful Ukraine since Moscow launched its full-scale penetration past February.