Jeddah: The Russian capital of Moscow was the target of a fresh drone attack from Ukraine on Monday that severely disrupted air travel.

Parts of a Ukrainian drone that was destroyed by Russian air defences fell on a Moscow house, injuring at least two people. After Russia jammed a Ukrainian drone in the Ruzsky district to the west of the capital and destroyed another one in the nearby Istrinsky district, nearly 90 flights into and out of the capital were hampered.

45 passenger planes and two cargo planes had their arrivals and departures restricted at Moscow's four main airports, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, and Zhukovsky, causing delays or groundings.

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Military drones flying over Moscow, which, along with the surrounding region, has a population of nearly 22 million people, could result in a serious catastrophe, Russian officials have repeatedly warned.

A drone that landed on a military airfield in the Kaluga region, south of Moscow, caused a crater and a fire that was quickly put out. Two other drones were shot down by Russian air defences in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. There were no reported damages or injuries from those attacks.

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Since two drones were destroyed over the Kremlin in early May, drone attacks have increased in Russia's interior. In recent months, attacks on the Russian capital have increased in frequency.

It is unknown what effect the drone attacks have on Russians' perceptions of the conflict. About 75% of people, according to polls, support invading Ukraine, though the reliability of Russian polls is disputed.

In the meantime, Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, told a Danish audience that he was confident Ukraine could win the war because of the promised shipments of US-made F-16 fighter jets.

On Sunday, Denmark and the Netherlands announced that they would give Ukraine the first six F-16s, with delivery scheduled for the beginning of the new year. Before Zelensky's trip to Copenhagen, Washington gave the go-ahead for the delivery of the jets.

Thousands of people had gathered outside the Danish parliament to hear Zelensky speak, and he told them, "Today we are confident that Russia will lose this war.

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The jet would stop Russian fighter jets from attacking advancing forces, according to the Ukrainian military, which claimed it was essential to the success of its counteroffensive, which has advanced slowly since its launch in early June.
"Superiority in the air is key to success on the ground," said Yuriy Ihnat, an air force spokesman.