Airports of Moscow and Moscow region operating as usual - Rosaviatsiya

MOSCOW. May 30 (Interfax) - The airports of Moscow and the Moscow region were operating as usual as of 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) told reporters.

"All airport services and air traffic control services are operating normally," it said.

Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that "minor damage was caused to several buildings as a result of a drone attack early this morning" in Moscow. "Residents were evacuated from several sections of two residential buildings damaged after being hit by drones," he said on his Telegram channel. Two people in Moscow sought medical aid following the drone attack, but none of them required hospitalization, he said.

Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyev said that several drones were shot down in the Moscow region on Tuesday morning. "Residents of some districts of the Moscow region could hear the sounds of explosions this morning. Our air defenses are operating. Several drones were downed as they approached Moscow," Vorobyev said on his Telegram channel.