Ukrainian drone attacks force flight suspensions at 4 Moscow airports, Russia says
Russian forces intercepted Ukrainian drones fired at Russia, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday, forcing four airports to suspend flights.
Russian forces intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones fired at almost a dozen regions of Russia, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday, in an attack that forced all four airports around Moscow to temporarily suspend flights.
Nine other regional Russian airports also temporarily stopped operating as drones struck areas along the border with Ukraine and deeper inside Russia, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency, Rosaviatsia, and the Defense Ministry. It was the second straight night that the Moscow region reportedly was targeted.
Two people were injured in the Kursk region, according to local Gov. Alexander Khinshtein, and some damage was reported in the Voronezh region.
The Russian reports couldn’t be independently verified.
Destruction from a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 6, 2025.Sergey Bobok / AFP - Getty ImagesThe drone assault comes two days ahead of a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire in the more than three-year war announced by President Vladimir Putin to coincide with celebrations in Moscow marking Victory Day in World War II.
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