MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. Air defense forces took down a Ukrainian drone over the Moscow Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"At 1:00 a.m. Moscow time on November 19 (10:00 p.m. GMT on November 18), an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on facilities on Russian soil with the use of a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle - TASS) was foiled. Air defense forces on duty destroyed an UAV over the Bogorodskoye municipality outside Moscow," the ministry said in a report.

Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported the downing of a drone in that municipality, located east of the Russian capital. There were no casualties or damage, he said, citing preliminary data.

Emergencies services are working at the scene.