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Moscow airports reopen after major Ukrainian drone raid

RT - Daily news·RT·5 days ago
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All four international airports of the Russian capital had been forced to halt operations during the attack

All four of Moscow’s international airports – Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky – have resumed operations after a drone attack on Friday. An alert triggered an evacuation from Sheremetyevo, Russia’s busiest airport, which appeared to be the main target of the latest Ukrainian raid.

The alarm prompted the airports to temporarily suspend all operations, halting arrivals and departures, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency. The shutdown affected all four international airports serving the Russian capital, which together handle roughly 200,000 passengers and more than 1,000 aircraft arrivals and departures on a typical day.

Sheremetyevo announced an evacuation during the raid, escorting passengers off aircraft and leading them to shelters.…

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