Workers sweep up broken glass at a damaged building after a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, July 24, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

MOSCOW - Russian forces have thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack targeting facilities in the Moscow region, the country's defense ministry said Friday.

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"This morning, the country's forces thwarted an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack with the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle on facilities in the Moscow region," the defense ministry said in a Telegram post.

It added that there were no casualties or damage following the attack.