“Early this morning, August 20, 2023, to ensure the safety of civil aircraft flights, flights to Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports were temporarily restricted,” the statement said.
Six flights were diverted to alternative airports in Sheremetyevo, Nizhny Novgorod and Saint Petersburg.
Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defense forces prevented an attempt to fly a drone into Moscow in a southerly direction.