Ukrainian drones force closure of all four Moscow airports overnight, cancelling dozens of flights
Moscow’s airports were closed for 101 hours in the first 14 days of October, more than double the total for all of September.
Ukrainian drones forced the closure of all four major airports in Moscow overnight, resulting in the cancellation of over 160 flights. The airports affected were Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Sheremetyevo, which remained closed for up to seven hours each. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that 94 drones were shot down during the incident.
Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg also experienced operational interruptions twice during the same night, with four drones destroyed over the region. The Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo claimed that Moscow's four airports were closed for a total of 101 hours in the first 14 days of October, compared to 46 hours in September.
On 9 October, Ukraine conducted one of its largest drone operations against Moscow, deploying nearly 500 drones. However, the deployment of drones to shut down Russian airports has not been officially confirmed by Ukraine, despite President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's earlier statements about increasing drone activity to protect Russian skies.
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