Overview
- Video showed a Russian defence ministry Antonov-124 flying unusually low over apartment blocks near Vnukovo to avoid drones.
- Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defences shot down at least 34 incoming UAVs during the overnight attack.
- Sheremetyevo suspended departures and arrivals, airports in Kazan and Nizhnekamsk halted flights, and several services diverted to Nizhny Novgorod and St Petersburg.
- Footage from Reutov, east of the Kremlin, captured an explosion in a car park during the assault.
- Drone activity also disrupted Copenhagen and Oslo airports for hours, as President Volodymyr Zelensky alleged a Russian sabotage operation, and Russian strikes in Ukraine killed civilians in Odesa and Zaporizhzhia regions.