Moscow mayor confirms drone attack on city, says residential buildings damaged

The buzzing of drones and loud explosions were heard as Ukrainian air defence responded to the third Russia aerial attack on the capital in the last 24 hours.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported a drone attack on the Russian capital on Tuesday morning (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported a drone attack on the Russian capital on Tuesday morning.

Mr Sobyanin said in a Telegram post that the attack caused “insignificant damage” to several buildings and that “no one has been seriously hurt”, without clarifying what it means.