Moscow shoots down nearly 60 drones, airports reopen, authorities say

Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of Monday and briefly suspended flights at airports, local authorities said, just days after Ukraine hit the Russian capital's oil refinery again.



Nearly 60 drones headed for Moscow were downed, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. Sobyanin did not provide further details, adding that emergency services had been dispatched to areas where drones were downed.



The airports of Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo, as well as Zhukovskiy near the capital, had suspended flights, although flights were later resumed, the aviation watchdog said separately.



In total, Russian defence systems downed 301 drones overnight, local newswires said, citing the defence ministry. That tally included Russia-occupied areas. The attack comes after drones again hit Moscow's sole oil refinery last week.



In that strike, Moscow's defence systems shot down nearly 200 drones in one of the biggest air attacks on the city since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.