World · 2026-10-29 · Morning briefing

Ukraine targets Moscow with over 600 drones, grounding flights

Moscow's airspace was severely disrupted overnight as Ukraine launched an attack involving 613 drones against the Russian capital. Russia's aviation agency, Rosaviatsiya, imposed restrictions at three of the city's four major airports—Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky—forcing at least two flights from Istanbul to turn back. According to Moscow's mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, Russian air defences downed 231 of the drones, and no casualties or damage were reported on the ground.

The assault is the most recent of several large-scale aerial attacks on Moscow in October. On October 23rd, all four of the capital's airports were temporarily shut down following a drone threat. The night before, an attack with over 600 drones struck a weapons plant in the surrounding region. An even larger attack on October 6th, involving 650 drones, caused a fire at an oil facility and was described by the mayor as the largest the region had seen in two years.

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