Due to the threat of a drone strike, Moscow airports announced the “Carpet” plan, temporarily postponing departures and arrivals of passenger flights.
On the morning of August 21, electronic warfare (EW) forces landed a drone in the Moscow region. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Telegram.
“On August 21, at about 06.50 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with an unmanned aircraft of the airplane type was stopped,” the statement said.
It was noted that the unmanned aerial vehicle was detected over the territory of the Moscow region and landed by electronic warfare. As a result, the drone lost control and crashed near the village of Pokrovske, Odintsovo district.
“There were no casualties,” the Russian Ministry added.
The Russian news outlet TASS cited the press service of Vnukovo airport in Moscow as saying that the Moscow airport would temporarily not receive or send flights.
“For safety reasons, some flights have been diverted to other air harbors since 06:25,” the airport’s press service said.
According to the Russian Telegram channel Dvach, Moscow airports have announced a “Carpet” plan because of the UAV attack. According to unofficial reports, departures and arrivals at Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky airports have been temporarily postponed.
As a reminder, on August 19, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a drone attack on the territory of Moscow and the Moscow region. The agency noted that the drone was detected and suppressed by Russian electronic warfare equipment, it crashed near the village of Putylkovo, Krasnogorsk city district.
Russian media also reported that Ukraine had managed to completely destroy a Russian strategic bomber for the first time.
