Ukrainian drone assault cripples major Moscow airports
Four of Moscow's main airports suspended operations due to an attack by Ukrainian drones, as reported by authorities from the Russian capital during the night from Monday to Tuesday. The city's mayor stated that air defense managed to shoot down several drones.
What do you need to know?
- Drone attack on Moscow: Four of Moscow's main airports, including Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo, suspended operations due to an attack by Ukrainian drones.
- Destroyed drones: Moscow's Mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, reported that at least 19 drones were successfully shot down.
- Infrastructure attack: In the Kursk region, Ukrainian drones attacked a power substation, causing damage and power outages.
Which airports were affected?
The four main Moscow airports—Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky—were forced to halt flights. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) made this decision for safety reasons. The reason was reported to be a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian capital.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported on his Telegram channel that at least 19 Ukrainian drones were destroyed while flying toward the Russian capital.
Footage allegedly showing the damage caused by the remnants of Ukrainian drones appeared on Russian Telegram channels. One of the drones reportedly struck a residential building in one of the city's districts.
What happened in the Kursk region?
Ukrainian drones were also reported to have targeted locations in the Ryazan, Tambov, Tula, Astrakhan, Nizhny Novgorod, Tver, and Smolensk regions.
The authorities of the Kursk region reported an attack by Ukrainian drones on a power substation in the city of Rylsk. Two transformers were damaged, resulting in power outages. Two people were reported to have been injured as a result of the attack.
