MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian air defence forces downed two Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow, the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Wednesday.
Earlier on Wednesday the Telegram channel Shot, which has sources in Russia’s law enforcement agencies, reported that one drone had been downed in the Moscow region, while several others had been destroyed over the neighbouring Kaluga region.
Russia’s aviation watchdog said that the Zhukovsky airport in the Moscow region outside the capital and the main airport in the city of Kaluga south of Moscow had been temporarily closed.
The Russian capital is preparing to host more than 20 world leaders at a Red Square military parade on Friday to mark the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany.
Some of the leaders, like China’s Xi Jinping, flew into Russia on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light and Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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