Five drones were shot down over the suburbs of Moscow around dawn on Tuesday, authorities said, causing no casualties or damage but marking at least the third drone incident this year and bringing Russia’s war in Ukraine ever closer to its own capital.

In video footage shared on social media, explosions could be heard in New Moscow, a large built-up southern neighbourhood close to the capital, while other footage showed clouds of black smoke billowing over the suburb. The videos could not be immediately verified.

“Today there was another attempted attack by Ukrainian drones in New Moscow and Moscow Region,” Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. “So far, the attacks have been repelled by air defence forces, and all detected drones have been eliminated.”