Moscow, March 14 Russia shot down 16 Ukrainian drones on Saturday that were heading towards Moscow, officials said.
In a social media post, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that first responders have reached the sites where the debris of the drones fell.
He said that 16 Ukrainian drones were shot down as they were heading towards Moscow.
However, the mayor did not provide any details about the damage or casualties on the ground.
According to Moskva 24 TV channel, three of the four local airports, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky, located in the capital, had suspended their operations for several hours, disrupting air traffic.
As part of preparations against drone attacks, the Moscow city and the capital region have been selectively shutting down mobile internet, and people have been advised to use offline applications.
Maxim Korkin, the regional official in charge of Transport and Information technology, cautioned residents of the Moscow region about possible "temporary difficulties with mobile communications and internet access." RIA Novosti agency reported.
The official explained that these measures were being taken at the federal level to ensure the security of the country and recommended that residents use Wi-Fi and VoWiFi whenever possible.
The official said that in the Moscow region, work has been carried out to organise access to socially significant regional resources in the event of threats of attack by unmanned aerial vehicles during periods of mobile internet restrictions.