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Four Moscow airports resume flights after drone attack

Four Moscow airports resumed operations on Sunday after earlier suspensions triggered by a drone attack, Russia's aviation regulator Rosaviatsia said. Authorities closed airspace and halted arrivals and departures for security checks; services were restored once inspections and threat assessments were completed.

Discovered 2026-02-22T06:06:25.436109-08:00 | 2026-02-22T06:06:25.436109-08:00

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Four major Moscow airports were temporarily suspended for security reasons and have now reopened, demonstrating the immediate operational disruption such attacks impose on city-wide aviation hubs.
The incident follows earlier drone strikes that grounded Moscow airports overnight and forced broad cancellations and diversions, underlining a repeating risk to flight operations and scheduling [source:a42ecb2b-417f-460c-8796-f4c0d3df03b4].
Russia's policy stance that it will not compensate airlines for closures caused by drones increases commercial and financial exposure for carriers operating in affected airspaces [source:08d3f5b3-9c0c-4afd-ae48-52c339e663a5], and ties into wider concerns about the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to low-cost unmanned attacks [source:01a9b7d3-eea0-4da2-9aa9-80c86233eef2].

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