"Today at 4am began mass drone attack on Moscow and Moscow Region. At least One individual died and 3 were injured.“ He wrote on Tuesday in social media the politician of Moscow Oblast Andrei Vorobiov.
As he said, drones hit flat blocks, destroying respective floors of buildings. The situation forced residents to evacuation. “The doctors helped the victims on the spot. any evacuated were placed in a close school, the remainder are presently with relatives," he added.
The biggest attack on Moscow since the start of the war. Hundreds of drones over Russia
Reuters Agency reported that Ukraine's night attack on Moscow may have been The biggest attack on the Russian capital since the beginning of the full-scale war – since February 2022.
Andrei Vorobiov stated that Russia had shot down over its capital more than 60 drones. In turn Mer Moscow Sergei Sobian He clarified that the Russian defence shot down 73 Ukrainian unmanned. Moreover, in the full country until 6:20 a.m. Polish time, The Russians were about to annihilate 337 drones from Ukraine – at least so reported by the propaganda agency TASS, citing a message from the Russian Ministry of National Defence.
Closed airports and destroyed infrastructure. The night drone attack on Russia
Ukraine's night attack forced among others. halting work at all Moscow airports and 2 east of that town. In Domodedov – 37 km south of Moscow – railway infrastructure at the station was damaged as a consequence of falling unmanned shrapnel.
In addition to these events, in the Russian capital and its surroundings, as a consequence of the attack there were many fires. The Ukrainian side has not commented on the night action so far.
War in Ukraine. Kiev will return to talks about peace with the United States
The attack occurred on Tuesday, just hours before scheduled gathering in Saudi Arabia, where the Ukrainian and American delegations are to resume talks about peace and discuss possible steps to end the war.
In the entry on the X platform, Volodymyr Zelenski stated that he hoped for “practical results” of these talks. "The position of Ukraine in these talks will be full constructive," he said.
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However, the president of Ukraine alone will not participate in the talks. The gathering will be held at the level of advanced envoys, on the side of Ukraine: the president's chief of cabinet Andrij Jermak, Minister for abroad Affairs Andrij Sybiha and Minister for Defence Rustem Dyingow.
The U.S. delegation is headed by the Secretary of State. Marco RubioWho said he was optimistic before talking in Jeddah. “If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t have come here,” he said.
Tuesday talks will be the first gathering of representatives of both states – the US and Ukraine – since the quarrel of their presidents, Donald Trump and Volodymyr ZelenskiAt the White home on February 28.
