Russian officials say air defences shot down the drone and its debris landed on the city's Expo Center.
A Ukrainian drone attack has hit a building in Moscow, causing an explosion that was heard across the city's business district, Russian officials have said.
It said that, after activating the city's air defence systems, the drone had "changed its flight path", falling on a non-residential building on the Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, an area of Moscow which hosts a number of government buildings.The Expo Center is a large exhibition space used for conferences and conventions and is situated less than 5km from the Kremlin.
Moscow's Vnukovo Airport also closed following the incident, Tass said, but reopened a short time later.
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