Drone was shot down in the Moscow region. Airports have been temporarily suspended

On the morning of August 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that a Ukrainian drone approaching Moscow was shot down by means of electronic warfare. The drone crashed in the Ruzsky district of the Moscow region, and there were no casualties, TASS reports, citing the military office. Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports of the Moscow airport have been temporarily restricted to the reception and departure of flights. For reasons of safety, starting from 06:25 (08:25 Tashkent time), some flights were diverted to other airports, the Vnukovo press service reported. The Domodedovo press service informed "RIA Novosti" that in order to ensure additional security measures, temporary restrictions on the reception and departure of aircraft have been introduced at this airport since 06:26. On the morning of August 21, Sheremetyevo airport did not accept at least one flight, the plane departing from Yekaterinburg turned back when approaching Moscow and was sent to Kazan. The pilot reportedly said that "all airports in Moscow are closed." Airports were fully restored at 10:30. In the last few weeks, Moscow and the Moscow region have been regularly attacked by drones On August 20, the mayor of Moscow and the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that "a drone attack on Moscow from the south has been prevented." On the night of August 18, fragments of a drone destroyed by an air defense system fell on the territory of the Expo Center in the center of Moscow. When drones are detected, the airports of the Moscow air hub (Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Sheremetyevo), as a rule, temporarily stop receiving and sending flights.