Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow closes airports

Ukraine launched a nighttime drone attack on Moscow, forcing the closure of three major airports in the Russian capital for several hours, Russian officials said.

At least 19 Ukrainian drones were destroyed as they approached Moscow, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram today.

According to preliminary information, there was no "serious damage or injuries" at the site of the debris fall near one of the main highways leading into the city.

Flights have been suspended at all four airports serving Moscow - Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky - to ensure air traffic safety, Russia's aviation watchdog said on Telegram. Rosaviatsia later said flights had resumed at all four airports.

Kiev did not immediately comment on the drone attack, but Ukrainian officials have previously said such strikes are aimed at hitting military targets and infrastructure used to support Moscow's war effort and are a response to Russia's continued attacks on Ukrainian residential areas and energy infrastructure.

The governor of Russia's Kursk region near the border with Ukraine earlier said on May 5 that Ukrainian forces had attacked a substation in the western part of the region.

Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein said Ukrainian forces had attacked a substation in the town of Rylsk, about 50 kilometers from the border. The attack injured two teenagers and damaged two transformers, he said. The damage cut off electricity supplies to the area.

"Dear residents, the enemy in its agony continues its attacks on our territory," Khinshtein wrote on Telegram.

Ukrainian officials have not commented on the situation in Kursk, where Ukraine launched a surprise incursion in August 2024, hoping to turn the tide of a large-scale Russian invasion and draw Russian forces away from other areas.

Russia's top general said last month that Ukrainian troops had been driven out of Kursk, but Kiev has not acknowledged that its troops were forced to leave.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev forces continue to operate in Kursk and the neighboring Russian region of Belgorod.