More than a hundred Ukrainian drones in total have targeted Russia, several closed airports
Ukraine launched overnight Monday to Tuesday more than a hundred drones on Russian territory, targeting Moscow in particular and disturbing the operation of a dozen airports, the Russian authorities said three days before the commemorations of victory over Nazi Germany.
While the Russian capital welcomes a large military parade in the presence of Vladimir Putin on Friday and about twenty foreign leaders, its mayor Sergei Sobianine said that 19 drones targeting it had been intercepted by anti-aircraft defense. He added that debris fell on a large avenue south of Moscow, without making a victim.
In total, Russia was targeted overnight by 105 Ukrainian drones, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Four capital airports, Chérémétiévo, Domodedovo, Vnoukovo and Joukovski imposed temporary operating restrictions during the night, some temporarily closing their tracks, according to the Russian agency responsible for civil aviation, Rosaviatsia.
The functioning of several other Russian airports had to temporarily interrupted, notably in several large cities on the Volga such as Nijni Novgorod, Samara, Saratov or Volgograd.
