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Russia said Tuesday its air defenses shot down Ukrainian drones over the Moscow region and the Bryansk area along the border between the two countries.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the attack in the Moscow area involved two drones and that there was no reported damage.
Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Telegram that one drone was downed in the Krasnogorsk area on the northwestern side of Moscow and the other in the Chastsy area west of the city.
Reuters said there was some minor damage to a high-rise residential building in Krasnogorsk and that falling debris had damaged some cars on the ground.
The Russian Defense Ministry said two Ukrainian drones brought down by jamming systems over Bryansk crashed without causing any casualties.
The Ukrainian aerial attacks prompted Moscow airports to suspend flights for a period of time, a step that has been taken in response to drone attacks in the Russian capital region in previous days.
Russia also said Sukhoi jets destroyed a Ukrainian reconnaissance boat operating in the area of Russian gas production facilities in the Black Sea. A defense ministry statement did not give further details on the incident, including where exactly it took place.
Pope Francis and U.S. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed the war in Ukraine at the Vatican on Monday.
Milley, a Catholic, said the visit meant a great deal to him, according to Milley's spokesperson, Colonel Dave Butler.
The general, who is visiting several European countries, said the pope expressed deep concern about the loss of life in Ukraine, particularly of civilians, since Russia invaded the country in February 2022.
Milley has condemned Moscow for waging "a campaign of terror" in Ukraine by targeting civilian infrastructure as part of its war strategy. Russia denies that it targets civilians.
A strong advocate for Ukraine's defense against Russian forces, Milley, 65, has championed sending billions of dollars in arms to Kyiv.
Francis has condemned the international arms trade in general but acknowledged last year the moral justification for nations to supply weapons to Ukraine to fight against Russian aggression.
The 86-year-old pontiff has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to seek a peaceful resolution with Russia. Zelenskyy has asked the Vatican to support Ukraine's 10-point peace plan calling for the restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity, the withdrawal of Russian troops and the restoration of Ukraine's state borders.
The pope has dispatched his peace envoy, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, to Kyiv, Moscow and Washington to discuss humanitarian aid and the repatriation of Ukrainian children.
Kyiv estimates that nearly 19,500 children have been taken to Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea since February 2022, in what it condemns as illegal deportations. Russia says it has helped to evacuate children from the war zone.
Vatican officials say Zuppi will soon go to Beijing to try to enlist China's support.
Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters