Massive fire at Russian airport, planes damaged in biggest drone attack in Pskov

In what appears to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow's Defence Ministry said six of its regions have been hit in a drone attack. An airport was hit in the Pskov region which started a massive fire, damaging four Il-78 transport aircraft and leading to the cancellation of all flights, reports stated. Pskov is more than 600km away from Ukraine, close to the border with Estonia.

Pskov regional Governor Mikhail Vedernikov cancelled all flights to and from the airport after the attack to assess the damage during daylight.

Russia claimed that the Ukrainian drones were shot down over Moscow, Oryol, Bryansk, Ryazan and Kaluga.