Russia has been humiliated again with Ukraine drone strikes hitting Moscow, causing the city to shut down its airports for the third time in over a week.
Last night, the Kremlin claimed it had foiled an overnight drone attack.
But in the morning, plumes of thick black smoke were seen towering over a raging fire.
The attack forced three major airports near the city to shut down, according to Russian state media.
Kremlin officials closed Vnukovo, Sheremetyovo and Domodedovo airports, which provide civilians with domestic and international flights.
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The Moscow mayor, Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram: “Tonight, air defence forces destroyed a drone on approach to Moscow in the Istrinskii district.
“Preliminarily, there were no casualties or damage. Emergency services are working on the site.”
Ukrainian authorities have not confirmed they were behind the attack, reported the Associated Press.
Russia has been struck by near-daily drone attacks on its capital amid the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which has seen Zelensky’s forces push deeper into occupied territory with various on-the-ground attacks and bombing raids.
Ukraine has particularly been hitting key Russian targets near the Black Sea. This week, it took out two of Putin’s complex missile carriers which were understood to be holding deadly supersonic missiles.
And on Wednesday, another drone strike hit a building under construction in the Russian capital’s financial district.
Kyiv has said the attacks are to demonstrate its ability to attack the capital and keep Putin’s illegal war at the forefront of the minds of the Russian elites, and others who want to ignore the ongoing war.
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