London – The Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow for the second consecutive night on Monday, since the Russian capital was prepared for the celebrations of the Victory Day that is expected to attend Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders of the Kremlin.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, said in a statement published on Telegram on Tuesday that at least 19 Ukrainian drones were shot down on the way to the capital during the night. Four other drones were shot down near Moscow on Sunday night.
Sobyanin did not report that there are no casualties or serious damage, although he said that the debris of the drones fell on an important road. Russian aviation authorities said flights were also suspended in four of the capital’s airports.
The drones demolished near Moscow were among the 105 crafts intercepted in Russia during the night, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The decorated Russian soldiers, participating in the military operation in Ukraine, march to the Red Square to attend an essay for the Military Parade of Victory Day in Moscow, Russia, on May 3, 2025.
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Ukraine has continued with his drone bombs to Russia while the country prepares for Mark Victory Day on May 9, the annual celebration of the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945.
The celebrations will take place throughout Russia, with the main event a military parade through Moscow supervised by President Vladimir Putin, the senior Kremlin officials and the world -class leaders, including XI, Belaruso President Alexander Lukashenko, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva.
The continuous attacks of Ukraine have already forced the Russian authorities in Crimea occupied to cancel their planned parade of Victory Day, with the governor of Sebastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, announcing that the event would not continue due to security concerns, in a statement quoted by the State News Agency TASS.
Putin last month announced a unilateral fire on May 8 to 11 to coincide with Victory Day, a proposal quickly rejected by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is pressing for a high the full fire of 30 days that he hopes he forms a launch platform for a broader treatment to end the 3 -year 3 -year -old Ukrain invasion of Russia.
Zelenskyy said this week that Putin’s offer was part of a “theatrical performance”, suggesting “it is impossible to build any plan for the next steps to finish the war in two or three days.”
Zelenskyy also warned that kyiv could not guarantee anyone’s safety to attend the celebrations of Victory Day in Moscow. “We cannot be responsible for what happens in the territory of the Russian Federation,” Zelenskyy told journalists, according to a report by the Ukrainian news agency Interfax.
“They provide security; therefore, we will not give you any guarantee. Because we do not know what Russia will do these days,” Zelenskyy continued, and added that Russia could also orchestrate provocations such as “fire caused, bombing, etc., only to blame us.”
Meanwhile, Russian long -range attacks towards Ukraine also continued during the night until Tuesday, with 11 people injured by an unmanned aircraft strike in JARKIV, according to the head of the local administration, Oleg Synegbov.
The Ukraine Air Force told Telegram that Russia launched 136 drones to the country during the night, of which 54 were demolished and 70 lost in flight without causing damage. Impacts on the regions of Kharkiv, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk were reported, he said.
A man is shown in the “Barabashovo” market after a drone attack in Kharkiv on May 6, 2025.
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