A wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia led to temporary closures at Moscow’s main airports, with at least 140 flights cancelled.
Russian media reported widespread disruption at Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovskiy airports, as thousands of passengers were left stranded or forced to sleep on terminal floors.
Russia’s defence ministry claimed it downed 117 drones overnight, including 30 over Moscow, following 172 the day before. The disruptions affected travel across the country, stranding several thousand people in Russia’s Far East. Authorities deployed extra trains to bring passengers from St. Petersburg back to the capital region, home to 21.5 million people.
Russia is showing no sign of letting up in its drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, despite President Volodymyr Zelensky’s invitation to hold peace talks with Moscow in Turkey later this week.
Kyiv’s use of drones on Russia follows a warning in May by Serhii Bratchuk, from the Ukrainian Defense Army’s Southern Division, about Ukraine’s plans to disrupt aviation to make the Russian population pay for Vladimir Putin’s aggression.
