Last Updated: July 30, 2023, 08:09 IST
Earlier this month, Russia said it had downed five Ukrainian drones that disrupted the functioning of Moscow’s Vnukovo international airport. (Representative image: Reuters)
Ukrainian drone strike hits Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, closing it for traffic. Mayor confirms damage to office blocks in latest attack
Flights in and out of Moscow’s Vnukovo airport were restricted on Tuesday (July 4) morning “for technical reasons beyond the control of the airport,” Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, or Rosaviatsiya, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Restrictions were in place until 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), the agency said. It added that a number of flights were diverted to other airports. It also said that other Moscow airports were functioning normally.
It was not immediately known whether the changes were related to a number of drones being intercepted early on Tuesday near Moscow.
Russia said that Ukraine had attacked Moscow with at least five drones that were all either shot down or jammed, though one of the capital’s main airports had to reroute flights for several hours.
Four Ukrainian drones were shot down by Moscow air defences, while a fifth was jammed and crashed into the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, the Russian defence ministry said. No one was injured.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters)
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