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Cargo plane seen flying very low over Moscow as drone attack reported

published at 05:39
Richard Irvine-Brown
BBC Verify journalist

A cargo plane was filmed flying startlingly low over high-rise apartment buildings in a Moscow suburb, several verfiied [sic] videos posted on Russian social media last night showed.

Russian media reported many warnings of drones approaching had caused the capital’s airports to halt flights and the closure of Sheremetyevo Airport, north of the city.

In a series of posts on Telegram overnight and into this morning, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said at least 36 drones had been destroyed by Russian air defences. He did not report any damage or injuries.

Three videos we’ve verified were all filmed in the southwestern suburbs of Moscow.

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