Chaos also engulfed four of the capital’s airports – Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovskiy – with as many as 134 flights having to be redirected. By 10am local time, only two remained closed to air traffic – Vnukovo in the Moscow region and Grabtsevo in the Kaluga region.

Hundreds of passenger planes had to be diverted as Ukraine unleashed chaos at all four of Moscow's airports in a series of overnight drone attacks.It marked the fourth successive day of Ukranian drone strikes on the Russian capital.

R ussia's Defense Ministry on Sunday claimed to have shot down at least 19 Ukrainian drones over the Moscow region, as both sides continued their long-range strike campaigns despite Kyiv suggesting a resumption of bilateral ceasefire talks this week.

A fire broke out in Moscow Oblast overnight on July 20 as Ukraine reportedly launched a drone attack targeting the Russian capital, local Telegram channels reported.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed that Russian air defenses shot down at least 16 drones headed toward the city. All major Moscow airports—Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky—temporarily suspended operations due to the drone attack,

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight into Saturday with hundreds of drones, killing at least one person, as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war.

Russias defense ministry reported it had intercepted and destroyed 142 drones in a massive overnight attack, including 27 over the Moscow region alone. The drones were shot down across several areas in western Russia