Ukraine-Russia war latest: 140 flights cancelled and Moscow airports closed after drone attacks

At least 140 flights have been cancelled and Moscow’s major airports were closed after Ukraine launched a drone strike on Russia.

The four major airports serving the capital were disrupted and more than 130 flights also had to be redirected, according to Russia’s Association of Tour Operators.

More than 230 Ukrainian drones were downed over Russia since Saturday morning, including 27 over the capital, according to the Russian defence ministry.

A tsunami warning has been lifted for Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula after two earthquakes struck in the sea nearby on Sunday.

The earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka at a depth of 10 km, shortly after a previous quake, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) data.

Waves of up to 60 cm had been expected to reach several parts of the region, including the capital, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

But Russia’s state-run TASS news agency later reported that a tsunami warning for Kamchatka was also lifted, citing local emergency services.

In his latest post on social media, Volodymyr Zelensky shared an update from the Ukrainian military’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.

He said Ukraine continues to target “Russian sabotage groups” in the Pokrovsk region.

He wrote: “Russia’s tactics remain the same — they are attempting to seize new positions using small groups. Ukrainian units are employing all necessary means to detect and neutralize such enemy activity.”

He also thanked forces in the border areas of the Sumy region and the effectiveness of Ukraine’s long-range strikes.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on Sunday with Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The meeting was reported by the Russian state-run RIA news agency, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

The two discussed the escalating situation in the Middle East and issues surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme.

Putin reaffirmed Russia’s position in favour of stabilising the region and pursuing a political resolution to matters related to Iran’s nuclear activities, Peskov said.

Boris Johnson has said he is “quite sad” about a lack of British interest in Ukraine.

The former prime minister made the comments at an event for Ukrainian veterans at Ukraine’s embassy in London embassy this week.

He told The Telegraph: “The interest in Ukraine and the appetite is so low nowadays. I find it quite sad.

“I mean, it sort of comes and goes, but it’s number one for me. Number one.”

He added: “Britain continues to be very important in this. But if you talk to some of my Ukrainian friends, they’ll say that perhaps we’re not in quite the leadership, the thought leadership, role that we were.

“There are a lot of domestic issues that are very difficult right now, and you can see why they’re distracted, but I think this is a big opportunity for Britain.”