The Russian capital suffered a rare drone strike at dawn this Tuesday that caused “minor” damage to the buildingthough he left no casualties,

“This morning, at dawn, a drone strike caused minor damage to several buildings. All city emergency services were called in (…) No one has been seriously injured so far,” said Sergei Sobyanine, mayor of Moscow.

For his part, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said that residents of the province could hear the sound of explosions this morning due to the operation of the air defense system.

“Several drones were shot down as they approached Moscow”, he assured.

Moscow and its surroundings have so far rarely been attacked by drones since the beginning of the conflict with Ukraine, although such actions have increased in other parts of Russia.

Images posted on social networks show trails of smoke in the air. Others show a smashed window in a building.

The airports closest to the city are operating normally, that’s how they assured the agency BAG spokesmen for Domodedovo and Zhukovsky air terminals, as no drones were detected in their vicinity, while traffic was cut off on some streets near the scene of the incident.

The attack follows a similar operation in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, where Russian drones killed at least one person Monday evening, the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said.

Russia also launched a broad daylight attack on Kievspread panic in the city.

But attacks on Moscow have been rare in the conflict.

In early May, two drones were shot down over the Kremlin, the seat of Russian power, in an attack blamed on Ukraine.