"On August 21, at about 06:50 Moscow time [03:50 GMT], an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack with an unmanned aerial vehicle of an aircraft type was thwarted. The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was detected by the air defense forces over the territory of the Moscow Region and suppressed by means of electronic warfare," the ministry said.
The ministry added that having lost control, the drone crashed near the settlement of Pokrovskoe and no one was injured.