Russian authorities have been forced to shut down airports in Moscow amid a barrage of Ukrainian drone strikes overnight, Russian officials and state media reported on May 23. Operations have been suspended at Moscow's Vnukovo,

Ukraine's military launched what has been described as the largest drone assault on Russian territory since March.

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirms that during the night and this morning (May 22), there was an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Moscow region. The Russians claim they shot down 400 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.