Russia has temporarily suspended flights in the four airports operating in Moscowclaiming security reasonsas announced by the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya), cited by Ukrainian media. A fifth airport in Kaluga was also closedaccording to The Kyiv Independent.
“To guarantee the safety of civil aircraft flights, temporary restrictions have been introduced in the operation of airports Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Zhukovsky y Club“Rosaviatsiya said.
The agency has not specified the cause of security problems And, apparently, all airports have been reopened after temporary closure.
Moscow had already closed its airports amid drone attacks on the region. Ukraine launched its greatest drone attack against Moscow in November 2024, remember Ukrainian local media.
New Moscow attack with drones
This decision has been made in the midst of a moment of growing tension and increased Ukrainian attacks. The mayor of Moscow, Serguéi Sobianinhas denounced today a New attack by Ukrainian drones against the Russian capital On the eve of Victory Day on Nazi Germany and after the previous night the anti -aircraft defenses demolished about 20 devices not manned in the Moscow region.
“The anti -aircraft defense forces of the Ministry of Defense of Russia They repelled the attack of two drones that flew in the direction of Moscow“He wrote on his Telegram channel, adding that,” in the place of the fall of the fragments (of the drones), specialists of the emergency services work. “
Previously several Telegram channels specialized in the monitoring of drone presence in the Moscow region reported that Around 17 Ukrainian drones flew over six Russian regions in the direction of Moscow.
As Efe could verify, south of the Russian capital Telephone and Internet services have also been interrupted.
First thing in the morning, Defense has reported Ukrainian -wing drones demolition over eleven regions of the country, including Moscow. According to the military part, a total of 19 drones were intercepted in vicinity of Moscowwhere next Friday a military stop will be held to commemorate Victoria’s 80th anniversary about Nazi Germany, an event that thirty foreign leaders will attend.
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