Moscow Airports Canceled And Delayed Almost 200 Flights Due To A Massive Drone Attack

The last time this happened in the Russian capital was September 23.

On the night of December 11, Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow en masse, the mayor of the Russian capital Sergei Sobyanin said. According to his data, 36 drones were destroyed in more than seven hours on the approach to the city. Specialists of emergency services are working at the site of the fallen debris, Sobyanin noted. At the same time, he did not specify whether there were any casualties and damage to objects on the ground as a result of the attack.

At the time of the drone attack, Rosaviatsia announced restrictions on the reception and release of aircraft at all Moscow airports. Because of this, air harbors delayed the departure and reception of almost 200 flights. In particular, Sheremetyevo delayed the departure of 53 airplanes to Shenzhen, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Minsk, Istanbul, Chelyabinsk, Omsk and other cities. Another 55 flights were canceled. At Vnukovo, 54 flights were delayed from midnight, including flights to Dubai, Sharm el-Sheikh, Yerevan, Astana, Tbilisi and Yekaterinburg. Also 9 flights to Istanbul, Yerevan and St. Petersburg and other cities were canceled. In Domodedovo overnight delayed 17 flights to Hurghada, Baku, Ufa, Mineralnye Vody and other cities. One flight to Kazan was canceled. In turn, in Zhukovsky delayed 4 flights - to Fergana, Dushanbe and Urgench and canceled one flight to Osh. Because of flight delays, passengers at Moscow airports were forced to sleep on tourist mats, cardboard and benches, Shot writes.

According to the Defense Ministry's summary, a total of 287 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones were "intercepted and destroyed" over Russian territory last night. Most of all - 118 pieces - over the Bryansk region. Over the Moscow region 40 drones were shot down, the same number over the Kaluga region. Also under attack were Tula, Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Lipetsk, Smolensk, Kursk, Orel, Voronezh and Ryazan regions.

The last time Moscow was subjected to a massive drone attack was September 23. Then 41 drones were destroyed in 16 hours over the approach to the Russian capital. Against this backdrop, airports also temporarily suspended operations. In total, airlines canceled or delayed more than 200 flights.

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