Russian news agency TASS reported that Moscow’s Vnukovo international airport was closed to traffic early Sunday after a Ukrainian drone strike had hit the capital.
“The capital’s Vnukovo airport is closed for departures and arrivals, flights are redirected to other airports,” TASS mentioned. “This was reported by the aviation services.”
The news agency added that one person was injured.
Meanwhile, the city’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the facades of two office buildings were slightly damaged.
One eyewitness, who only gave her first name as Liya, told Reuters news agency she could see fire and smoke.
“We heard an explosion and it was like a wave, everyone jumped,” she said. “Then there was a lot of smoke and you couldn’t see anything. From above, you could see fire.”
Moreover, flights were briefly suspended from Vnukovo Airport, southwest of the city center, and incoming planes were redirected to other airports.
The defense ministry said the “attempted terrorist attack” had been “thwarted”.
The drone attack in the early hours of Sunday is the latest that Moscow has blamed on Kyiv. Ukraine did not claim responsibility for attacks inside Russia.
