Russia downs three drones headed for Moscow, temporarily shuttering two airports

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defences shot down three Ukrainian drones en route to Moscow on Tuesday, the city’s mayor said, while two major airports in the Russian capital temporarily halted all incoming and outgoing traffic.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said emergency services were working at the scene of the downed drones.

Moscow’s two largest airports, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo, temporarily stopped all air traffic, before later reopening, Russia’s aviation watchdog said.

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Gleb Bryanski and Alex Richardson)