Russian air defence units have repelled a drone approaching Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said early on Friday, APA reports citing Reuters.
"Air defence units of the Defence Ministry repelled an attack by a drone flying towards Moscow," Sobyanin wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "Emergency specialists are working at the site where fragments have fallen."
Russian news agencies later quoted a representative of Rosaviatsiya, the federal transport agency, as saying the capital's Vnukovo airport had been reopened for departing flights subject to further official approvals