Several Russian airports suspend operations over Ukrainian drone raids

Published connected 27/05/2025 - 12:47 GMT+2•Updated 12:48

Several airports successful Russia suspended operations overnight connected Tuesday amid drone attacks from Ukraine, reports say.

The arrivals and departures of civilian craft were restricted astatine nan airports of Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, Tambov and Kaluga, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.

The agency spokesperson Artyom Korenyako said successful a station connected Telegram, "To guarantee nan information of civilian craft flights, impermanent restrictions connected their introduction and exit person besides been introduced".

The Russian Defence Ministry later claimed that 99 Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed complete 7 Russian regions from Monday evening to Tuesday morning.

Over nan past fewer days, Russian authorities unopen down airports successful Moscow twice, connected Friday and Sunday, amid Kyiv’s drone raids into Russian territory.

Since nan extremity of April, Kyiv has intensified its drone attacks connected Russia, launching hundreds of drones astatine Moscow and disrupting nan airspace complete nan Russian capital.

In nan run-up to Moscow’s Victory Day parade, Ukrainian drones caused monolithic disruptions astatine Moscow airports for a fewer days successful a row. At slightest 60,000 group had their trips delayed aliases cancelled, pinch complete 300 flights affected.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s high-level guests were among those affected by nan disruption.

The level carrying his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić was reportedly forced to divert to nan Azerbaijani superior of Baku because of nan threats successful Russian airspace.