(Reuters) -Russian anti-aircraft units between Monday night and Tuesday morning downed 33 Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow as well as dozens more in Russian-held Crimea and other parts of western Russia, officials said.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, in posts on the Telegram messaging app, said the drones were destroyed en route to the city over a period of about twelve hours. Experts were examining debris on the ground, he said.

Flights were delayed and cancelled at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Russia’s largest by passenger numbers. Russian national carrier, Aeroflot, said it planned to fully resume normal operations at the airport by the end of Tuesday.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Telegram that its anti-aircraft units had destroyed 81 Ukrainian drones, by midnight local time

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