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Al Arabiya
7 days ago
- General
- Al Arabiya
Moscow airports suspending flights as Ukraine launches barrage of drones: Russia
Russian authorities said they repelled almost 150 Ukrainian drones overnight into Wednesday, in a major attack that forced at least three Moscow airports to suspend flights. On Telegram, the defense ministry posted that 112 Ukrainian drones had been 'destroyed and intercepted' in six different regions in the three hours up to midnight. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that another 33 drones heading for the Russian capital had been shot down. The Russian military announces Ukrainian drone attacks most days but rarely of this intensity over such a short period of time. Moscow, several hundred kilometers from the frontier, is not often the target of such a big attack. But the capital has increasingly had to divert flights in recent weeks. This time, the Federal Aviation Transport Agency said restrictions had been introduced at Moscow's Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports. Beyond Moscow, 59 drones targeted the southwestern region of Bryansk, Russia's defence ministry said. Others were fired at the Kursk, Belgorod, Tula, Oryol and Kaluga regions. The overnight swarm comes after Ukraine said it faced the most intense three days of Russian drone attacks since Moscow launched its military offensive in 2022. Ukraine said that Russia launched more than 900 drones over three days up to Monday. Thirteen civilians were killed in attacks on Sunday, including three children. Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday that its strikes were a response to Ukrainian drone and missile attacks that caused Russian civilian casualties.
Malay Mail
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Ukrainian drone strikes force flight suspensions at Moscow's major airports
MOSCOW, May 22 — Air traffic around Moscow was disrupted on Thursday as the Russian capital came under attack, with the defence ministry saying 35 Ukrainian drones targeting the city had been downed overnight. 'Air defence systems destroyed and intercepted 105 Ukrainian drones,' of which 35 were heading towards Moscow, the ministry said in a statement. Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 'emergency services specialists are working at the site of the fallen debris', in a Telegram post. The attack came a day after 27 drones were launched towards the city, according to the mayor, and after Russia deployed a record number of drones against Ukraine at the weekend, Kyiv said Sunday. The two countries have deployed drones against one another on a near daily basis since Russia launched its military offensive on Ukraine more than three years ago, but Moscow has rarely been targeted. On Thursday, flights were halted at multiple Moscow airports, Russia's aviation authority Rosaviatsiya said. Planes were temporarily grounded at the city's main Sheremetyevo airport as well as at Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky, Rosaviatsiya said on Telegram. Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly rebuffed calls by Kyiv and the West for an unconditional and immediate ceasefire. Russia now controls around a fifth of Ukraine, including the Crimean peninsula which it annexed in 2014. The fighting has killed tens of thousands, forced millions to flee their homes and destroyed cities and villages across the east and south of Ukraine. — AFP
