In August, 993 Airport Operations Halted in Russia Due to Ukrainian Drones

In August, 32 airports in Russia temporarily ceased operations 993 times due to the threat of strikes from Ukrainian drones, marking a record for the month and exceeding July's figures by a third. Over the summer, there were 2,182 instances of airport operations being halted, while the total for the entire year of 2025 was 1,923. In August, approximately 16,000 Ukrainian UAVs penetrated Russian airspace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Russia's airspace "completely dangerous" on September 1. In the first three days of September, an average of 86 flights were canceled daily in Russia. Ukraine is expanding the scale of "Operation Carpet," aimed at blocking aircraft takeoffs and landings. On the night of September 2, Pegasus Airlines diverted its planes to Moscow for technical reasons, and the next day, Flydubai did the same. Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports in Moscow temporarily halted the arrival and departure of aircraft due to drone attacks.

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