Russia claims Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow, airports suspend flights

Russian officials claim that Moscow has allegedly suffered a Ukrainian drone attack, with flight restrictions introduced at all four of the city's airports.

Source: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; Russian Ministry of Defence; Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti

Details: The mayor of Moscow stated that 10 drones flying towards the Russian capital had been destroyed.

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that air defence systems shot down 71 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions within two hours, including 15 over the Moscow region, among them 11 UAVs flying towards the city of Moscow.

Flight restrictions were introduced at Moscow's Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky airports. The restrictions were later lifted.

Update: Later, temporary restrictions on operations were reintroduced at Vnukovo Airport, and Sheremetyevo Airport was also closed again.

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