Russia says Ukraine's drones downed on approach to Moscow VIDEO

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said Russian air defence forces allegedly downed two drones in Moscow Oblast on the night of August 8-9.

“Two combat drones tried to enter the city. Both were shot down by the air defence system. One was downed near Domodedovo, the other – in the vicinity of Minsk highway," Sobyanin wrote on Telegram, Ukrainska Pravda reports.

Sobyanin said no information about injuries caused by falling debris was reported, but emergency services are working at the scene.

Russian Telegram channel Shot published a video showing the destruction of a drone near the Minsk Highway near Moscow.

Shot said two combat drones entered Moscow simultaneously from two directions: from the southwest and from the south.

"The first was shot down by an air defence system in the Odintsovo district in the vicinity of Minsk Highway, the second – near Domodedovo. The distance between the points of the drones’ destruction is about 55 kilometres in a straight line. The difference in time between the downing of the drones was 16 minutes," Shot reports.