Moscow Airports Shut Down Again Amid Drone Attacks
Rosaviatsia said the closures were needed for flight safety as Russian authorities reported intercepted drones and evacuations at a Moscow office complex.
- On Friday, the Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, suspended operations at all four major Moscow airports—Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky—citing a massive drone attack.
- Moscow officials activated the "Kover" plan, a protective protocol triggered when drones approach, as repeated aerial threats have disrupted civilian aviation around the capital for months.
- Amid the alert, visitors evacuated the IQ-Quarter complex in Moscow City, which houses the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media, the Ministry of Economic Development, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
- At least 250 flights were canceled as the disruptions extended a pattern of drone-driven shutdowns, following a similar event on Thursday when authorities suspended all four airports.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy previously warned that Russian airspace would become "completely unsafe," and Ukraine remains committed to using drones to trigger the "Kover" plan and disrupt operations.
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After drone alarm, air traffic in Moscow was partially stopped. Travellers were asked to visit shelters. News about Ukraine on the blog.
At several airports in Moscow, flight operations were temporarily suspended. There was an alarm about Ukrainian drones – not for the first time.
There is another alarm in the Russian capital: there all the airport had to be closed. At the airport Scheremetjewo the air alarm was triggered, passengers are evacuated.
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