Ukraine's drone campaign forced an average of 32 airport closures a day across 32 Russian airports including Moscow and St Petersburg, with summer totals already exceeding all of 2025, as Zelenskyy warned airlines and insurers that "the days of safety in Russia's skies are over."
By Knarik Papoyan & Euronews Russian
Published on
10/09/2026 - 11:27 GMT+2
Russian airports temporarily closed 993 times in August — an average of 32 times a day — as Ukrainian drone operations forced repeated airspace shutdowns across the country.
Industry data shows it was the most disruptive month for Russian civil aviation since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in early 2022.
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