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day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow and the surrounding regions were under siege as Ukrainian forces unleashed more than 100 aircraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/galleries\/donald-trump-is-pushing-russia-to-turn-kyiv-and-lviv-into-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-23676027\/\">targeting multiple buildings<\/a> in the early hours of this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Footage circulating on Russian pro-war Telegram channels shows several explosions leaving homes shaking and windows shattered. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/15\/trump-asks-zelensky-strike-moscow-us-long-range-weapons-23666603\/\">Chaos also engulfed four of the capital’s airports<\/a> – Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovskiy – with as many as 134 flights having to be redirected.<\/p>\n<p>By 10am local time, only two remained closed to air traffic – Vnukovo in the Moscow region and Grabtsevo in the Kaluga region.<\/p>\n<p>‘The restrictions are necessary for ensuring the safety of civil aircraft flights,’ announced Russia\u2019s Federal Air Transport Agency. <\/p>\n<p>Frustrated passengers – including tourists on summer vacations – were hit by delays, diverted flights and numerous cancellations in an apparent new tactic by Ukraine to paralyse air travel in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Russia reported 93 Ukrainian drones being downed overnight, including 19 over the approaches to the capital.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"485\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23706165 lazyload\" alt=\"Ukrainian drone attack disrupts Moscow airports. 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