An attack by Ukrainian drones restricted flights at airports near Moscow, Russian officials said on Tuesday, which shows kyiv’s capacity to attack in the capital three days before a planned parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War.
The drone volley went to half of the boxes of the Russian regions, forcing airports out of five cities, including Moscow, to suspend flights, according to the news reports of the Russian state.
The Ukrainian authorities have not commented on strikes. It was not clear in the Russian report how long the airports were closed.
Nor was it clear that the flood was intended as a threat to the parade, because Kyiv Hasb’s leg routinely fired Russia with long -range attacks, Russian night bombings of Ukraine. The Russian drones hit the cities of Sumy, Kharkiv and Odesa on Tuesday, killing four people and wounding at least another 11, according to local officials.
Russia has said that some 20 heads of foreign state, including the president of China, Xi Jinping, have accepted invitations to the Red Square Parade on Friday; President Vladimir V. Putin has asked for a three -day truce in the war for the occasion.
President Volodymyr Zensky or Ukraine has rejected that proposal unless Russia agrees to extend any fire for at least 30 days, calling the shortest truce too limited to allow negotiations on a lust agreement. He has also said that the high fire was sacrificed only to reassure the guests of the parade.
Mr. Zensky said during the weekend that he could not guarantee the security for those who attended the Victory Day parade.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei S. Sobyanin, published in Telegram that 19 drones were shot down or near Moscow on Tuesday without causing injuries or damage despite the fact that the rubble had landed on a road and near an apartment building.
