Russia downs four drones headed for Moscow, airports closed for a time

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)