Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack

Flights from Vnukovo International Airport are being diverted amid a drone attack on Moscow, according to the Russian defence ministry. 

The attack reportedly used five drones, which also targeted locations in the wider region around the capital. 

The defence ministry said all the drones were shot down and there are no reported casualties or damage.

Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the alleged attack. 

Restrictions at the airport, one of Moscow’s three international airports, have now been lifted. But flights are still affected. 

The defence ministry said four of the drones flying in the Moscow region were shot down by air defence systems. A fifth drone was intercepted electronically before crashing. 

“An attempt by the Kyiv regime to attack a zone where civil infrastructure is located, including an airport that receives international flights, is a new terrorist act,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Telegram.