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Due to the threat of UAV strikes, the restrictions on flights acted in

In Moscow, all airports were closed for the first time due to drone attacks - Roszma

Due to the threat of UAV strikes, the restrictions on flights acted in "Vnukovo", "Domodedovo", "Sheremetyevo" and "Zhukovsky". One of the passenger aircraft, which was to land in the capital of the Russian Federation, landed in Minsk. On the night of August 18, four Moscow Airports closed the aircraft aircraft, TASS reports. Restrictions on flights operated at the Airports "Vnukovo", "Domodedovo", "Sheremetyevo" and "Zhukovsky".

"This morning, August 18, 2023, in order to ensure the safety of civilian aircraft flights, flights to Moscow Airports were temporarily restricted:" Dwently "," Domodedovo "and" Sheremetyevo ", as well as at Zhukovsky Airport, - said Rosaviation agency. . Six departments were delayed from VNUKOV Airport, eight arrivals were relocated. Three of them were redirected to the airports. Three of them-to the airfield of Stigino (Nizhny Novgorod), three in Pulkovo (St.

Petersburg) and one flight from Istanbul landed in Minsk. Restrictions on acceptance and departure of flights were lifted at 04:30 and passengers of redirected flights were sent to the airports of the destination. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Ukrainian drone attacked Moscow at about 04. 00 in the morning on August 18. The "expocenter" fell, the wall of the building was damaged, the collapse area was about 30 square meters of the facade of a one -story pavilion.

According to preliminary data, there are no victims. "Tonight, during an attempt to span to Moscow, a drone was destroyed by the air defense forces," he wrote. The mayor said that the fragments of the UAV fell in the "expocenter" zone, there were no significant destruction. Later, Roszmi reported that the attack on Moscow was carried out by Ukrainian Dron Kamikadze "Beaver".