Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports also briefly shut down because of the drone attack, according to Russian state-run news agency Tass. Both appeared to have resumed normal operation by 6 a.m. local time Sunday, according to data from international flight tracking portals.

The Russian capital has come under attack from drones regularly since May, with Russian officials blaming Ukraine. Military analysts commented at the time that the early attacks deployed Ukrainian locally made drones which could not carry as heavy a payload as the Iranian-made Shaheds used by Russia.

Ukraine overnight tried to attack Moscow with dozens of drones, Russian authorities said Sunday, just a day after Ukrainian officials reported that Russia had launched its most intense drone attack on Kyiv since the beginning of its full-scale war in 2022.

A Russian state television journalist was killed by shrapnel in a Ukrainian drone attack. Boris Maksudov, 38, was embedded with Russian forces in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region of south-eastern Ukraine when he was injured on Wednesday.

Ukraine overnight tried to attack Moscow with dozens of drones, Russian authorities said Sunday, a day after Ukrainian officials reported that Russia had launched its most intense drone attack on Kyiv since the beginning of its full-scale war in 2022.

Ukraine's military on Wednesday reported its forces had conducted successful missile strikes on three Russian command posts and two ammunition warehouses. Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces said in an update posted on Facebook that Kyiv's military had been involved in 73 "combat clashes" during the day.