Ukraine attacks Moscow airport with drones as Putin's plane arrives

Airport operation suspended... Russian government plane changes landing site after abnormal circling over Moscow

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwak Min-seo = The New York Times (NYT), an American daily, reported on the 9th (local time) that Ukraine carried out a large-scale drone attack on Moscow Airport, Russia, to coincide with Russian President Vladimir Putin's return home.

According to reports, Ukraine flew a drone toward the Moscow airport just in time for President Putin, who left the country to attend the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit held in Turkmenistan, to return home.

As a result of this attack, four airports were closed and flight operations were temporarily suspended.

It was believed that the Russian government plane carrying President Putin and his staff had trouble landing.

According to flight tracking company FlightTrader24, three Russian government planes suddenly changed their routes while returning to Russia from Turkmenistan that day.

Of these, the two that departed first circled abnormally over Moscow, and the one that departed later turned its nose toward St. Petersburg.

The Russian presidential plane, known as the 'flying Kremlin palace', is known to fly with aircraft of the same type to ensure President Putin's safety.