Vnukovo International Airport, one of four airports that serve Moscow, diverted six flights on Tuesday, according to a statement from Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
It is unclear whether the changes were related to earlier state media reports that two drones were shot down near the capital Tuesday.
“Due to technical issues unmanageable by the airport itself, Vnukovo has imposed restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft from beginning at 5:10 AM,” Rosaviatsiya said in the statement.
Restrictions on flights arriving to and departing from Vnukovo Airport remained in place until 8:00 a.m, Rosaviatsiya said.
Other airports in Moscow and the region surrounding the capital were operating as normal and without restriction, according to the statement.
Drone reports: State-run TASS news agency said Tuesday that one drone was intercepted in Novaya Moskva (New Moscow) and the other in Kaluga Oblast. There were no injuries or damage, state-run RIA Novosti reported.
Ukraine rarely comments on attacks on Russian soil, which have ramped up in recent months as the war increasingly comes home to the Russian people.
Multiple people familiar with US intelligence on the matter told CNN in June that Kyiv has cultivated a network of agents inside Russia and has provided them with drones to stage attacks.
