Russian air defense intercepted a drone that was flying towards Moscow on August 23, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said. He said parts of the downed drone were being examined on the ground. There were no victims.

Temporary closure of the airport

In response to airspace security concerns, Russia's federal aviation agency Rosaviatsia temporarily suspended the operation of several airports in major cities of the Volga and Central regions of the European part of Russia, including:

• Izhevsk
• Nizhny Novgorod
• Samara
• Penza
• Tambov
• Ulyanovsk

Significant flight delays were also reported in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city. Several Russian airlines, including Russia and Pobeda, announced changes to flight schedules due to airspace restrictions, writes the Kyiv independent.

Fire near the Kursk nuclear plant

The Russian Air Defense Forces shot down a Ukrainian drone near the Kursk nuclear power plant shortly after midnight, after which damage to the transformer and fire occurred, the management of the nuclear power plant announced today on its Telegram channel.

- In the vicinity of the Kursk nuclear power plant on August 24 at 00:26 Moscow time, a Russian air defense system shot down a combat unmanned aerial vehicle (BPLA) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the fall, the Ukrainian drone exploded and damaged the transformer - it is stated in the announcement, reports RIA Novosti.

Fire at the terminal in the Leningrad region

A fire broke out at the terminal of the gas company Novatek in the port of Ust Luga in the Leningrad region of Russia this morning as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone, and no one was injured, announced the head of the region Alexander Drozdenko.

Two people were injured in an attack by drones of the Ukrainian armed forces on a civilian vehicle in the Klimovsk district of the Bryansk region, district governor Alexander Bogomaz announced today.

One person was killed this morning in a Russian drone attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region in Ukraine, announced Sergiy Lysak, the head of the military regional administration. He announced on Telegram that the attack caused damage to the territory of the agricultural company. He also said that a fire broke out in an apartment building and a private house.