TWO Moscow airports have been shut down over a “drone threat” hours after a supersonic nuclear bomber damaged an airbase.
The Russian capital’s Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports are understood to have been temporarily closed.
A Ural Airlines aircraft is seen at the Domodedovo airport in Moscow (stock image)
All aircraft have been grounded, with neither also able to receive any flights.
Instead, planes are reportedly being redirected to Sheremetyevo – more than 50 miles away.
It comes after one of Vladimir Putin’s prized war planes has been damaged after a kamikaze drone strike deep inside Russian territory.
The attack, at the military airport in the Novgorod region more than 700 miles from Ukraine, witnessed a “helicopter style” drone.
The ministry said nobody was hurt and the fire was quickly extinguished.
The aircrafts which survived the attack are reportedly being being moved to an airfield in the Murmansk region.
More to follow.