Moscow airports cancel over 200 flights, delay 200 more on October 17

As of 16:00 Kyiv time on October 17, Moscow airports have canceled over 200 flights and delayed more than 200 others, according to Russian outlet Dozhd, citing data from the Airports.ru aggregator. Sheremetyevo saw 155 cancellations, and Vnukovo had 50. Russian outlet Agentstvo noted that by 13:00 on October 17, more flights had been canceled than during the entire previous day. Pulkovo airport reported 33 cancellations and 92 delays. On October 15, Rosaviatsia restricted operations at 22 airports, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, and Samara. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 75 drones targeting the city were destroyed on the morning of October 17.