Russian air defences shoot down drone en route to Moscow, mayor says


MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defences downed a Ukrainian drone en route to Moscow on Monday, the city's mayor said, forcing three airports that serve the capital to temporarily restrict all incoming and outgoing flights.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a statement that emergency services were working at the scene of the downed drone.

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