Moscow restricts operations at all four airports after drone attack

ua.korrespondent.net (Ukrainian) —

All four Moscow airports have restricted operations following reports of a drone attack, with flights being diverted and delayed. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that drones were shot down. The restrictions on takeoffs and landings were introduced on Friday, October 30, at Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports, as reported by Rosaviatsia. Some flights were redirected to other airports, and airspace over Moscow was nearly empty of passenger planes. Sobyanin reported shooting down drones from 10:00 PM on October 29 into the night of October 30. Earlier, drones attacked facilities in Russia, including an oil refinery in Samara Oblast and an enterprise in Bryansk Oblast.


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