Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport shifts to special regime after massive drone wave
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The aviation agency warned that introduced restrictions could cause flight schedule disruptions (Photo: @dmepress)
Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport began accepting and dispatching flights subject to manual approvals by relevant authorities due to temporary airspace restrictions amid mass drone strikes, Russia’s Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) wrote on Aug. 18.
The aviation agency warned that introduced restrictions could cause flight schedule disruptions, stating that the measures were implemented to guarantee flight safety.
Overnight into Aug.
As reported by NV, Moscow and Moscow Oblast faced one of the largest uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks of the war overnight into Aug. 18. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed that 620 UAVs flew toward the capital region between Monday evening and 5 a.m. ob Aug. 18, alleging that Russian air defenses intercepted 180 directly over Moscow Oblast.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed that air defense units intercepted 791 drones across multiple Russian oblasts in total, occupied Crimea, and the Black and Azov seas.
In the overnight raid, a strike hit a major
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