Ukrainian drone blitz shuts Moscow airports disrupting more than 140 flights | World | News
Multiple Ukraine drone strikes forced the closure of Moscow’s main airports over and over again, to the ground for dozens of flights and to reveal the deepening security vulnerabilities in Russia’s air defenses. At the weekend, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that more than 230 Ukrainian drones have been reduced, including 27 people on the capital since Saturday morning.
According to Russia’s aviation observer, the attack has encouraged the operations of Moscow’s large airport many times to suspend the operations many times and more than 140 flights have been canceled and re -directed more than 130. Russian Tour Operators Association (ATOR) said that Moscow airports have been closed 10 times in 24 hours and caused widespread travel deduction. Since then, normal operations have continued, but the closing contributed to the increasing pressure on Russia’s local infrastructure.
Anton Geraschenko, former Advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior, shared a clip of a staff dealing with an angry customer.
“Again Chaos at Moscow Airports: Due to the threat of drone attacks, collective flight cancellations and delays began.
“The video shows the situation in the airports – flights are being canceled, passengers are waiting. Passengers are waiting for their flight for 10-12 hours in Shemetyevo, many of them sleep on the ground. The same thing happens at Pulkovo Airport.”
In the meantime, Kiev, until one night until Monday, the authorities in months as the worst air attack in the capital under the heavy bombardment.
At least one person died and six were injured while the explosions shake the city in the early hours. In several regions, fires broke out, damaging housing buildings, kiosks, one -day care center and even the entrance of a subway station.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko, Shevchengivskyi and Dniprovskyi regions, including regions reported great damage in many neighborhoods. He said: “A child caught fire during the attack. Fortunately, there was no loss in that place.”
“Open kiosks are burning in the Dniprovskyi region. There is also damage to the entrance of the Lugianivska Metro Station.”
Mr. Klitschko added that a second person was wounded in a housing building fire, while the Kyiv police said that the total number of wounded, including a young man, rose to six in the morning.
Tymur Tkachenko, President of the Military Administration of the City of Kiev, “Darnytskyi region, as a result of an attack on the roof of a non -residential building was a fire.”
Then he confirmed: “Unfortunately, we have information about a person killed as a result of the attack.”
Sirens made a sound in Ukraine during the night and released repeated warnings about the country’s Air Force Russian missiles and drones. Western city Ivano-Frankivsk was also targeted.
Mayor Ruslan Marsiniv: “Infrastructure was damaged in three villages. One of them has injury reports.”
“This is the biggest attack since the full -scale invasion.”
Despite President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal for renewed peace talks, Russia’s missile and drone attacks have intensified in recent weeks.
Mr. Zelensky said that Kiev proposed a new negotiation tour with Moscow in Türkiye next week.
He said: “The dialogue continues with the Russian side on the prisoner exchanges – we continue to implement the agreements reached during the previous meeting in Istanbul.”
Drone attacks in Russia went beyond the capital. Kaluga International Airport was briefly closed after the drones were stopped and more strikes were reported in Bryansk, Rostov and the Black Sea.
The latest wave followed a similar incident in May, when Ukraine launched more than 500 drones a day, paralyzed Russian air traffic and watched tens of thousands of passengers.
