Ukrainian drones force closure of all four Moscow airports overnight, cancelling dozens of flights

Ukrainian drones forced all four of Moscow's main airports to close overnight, with Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Sheremetyevo suspended for up to seven hours and more than 160 flights cancelled. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 94 drones heading towards the capital had been shot down. Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg was twice forced to halt operations during the same night. Governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko said four drones were destroyed over the region. According to Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo, Moscow's four airports were closed for a total of 101 hours in the first 14 days of October, compared with 46 hours across the whole of September.