Ukraine's drone attack forces airport closures around Moscow, Russia says

Russian air defence systems were engaged overnight in repelling repeated attacks targeting Moscow that forced the closure of two of the city's four airports, Russia authorities said on Monday.

Within the span of five hours, starting at just before 10 p.m. on Sunday Moscow time (1900 GMT), Russian defence units downed 28 drones, the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, said on the Telegram messaging app.

Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsiya said that the large Domodedovo airport and the smaller Zhukovsky airport were closed to ensure air safety, starting at 2240 GMT.


There was no information about potential damage. Russia rarely discloses the full scale of damages inflicted by Ukrainian strikes inside its territory unless civilian objects are involved.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Kyiv has said that its attacks aim at destroying Russia's infrastructure key to conducting Moscow's war in Ukraine.