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Russia downs four drones headed for Moscow, airports closed for a time
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Russian air defenses shot down four Ukrainian drones near Moscow, causing temporary closures of major airports. The situation was resolved within three hours.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defences shot down four Ukrainian drones en route to Moscow on Tuesday, the city's mayor said.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said emergency services were working at the scene of the intercepted drones, downed over a period of about three hours.
Moscow's two largest airports, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo, stopped all air traffic for a time, before later reopening, Russia's aviation watchdog said.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Gleb Bryanski Alex Richardson and Ron Popeski)
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