KEY POINTS
  • Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a hostile drone was destroyed by air defenses as it approached the city on Sunday, while one of the capital's airports suspended flights.
  • Russia's Defence Ministry said separately that the Ukrainian drone had been downed over the Podolsk district of the Moscow region south of the capital.
A sign prohibiting unmanned aerial vehicles flying over the area on display near the State Historical Museum and the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, on May 3, 2023.
Evgenia Novozhenina | Reuters

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a hostile drone was destroyed by air defences as it approached the city on Sunday, while one of the capital's airports suspended flights.

Russia's Defence Ministry said separately that the Ukrainian drone had been downed over the Podolsk district of the Moscow region south of the capital.