The unilateral cessation of the Kremlin announced in the occasion of events for the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe is under question.
On Monday night to Tuesday, Ukraine launched extensive raids with drones on Russian territory, targeting Moscow, especially for festive preparations, causing about 10 airports to be suspended, Russian authorities said.
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While in the Russian capital, ceremonies and a large military parade will be organized on Friday, under the eyes of President Vladimir Putin and about 20 foreign leaders, the city’s mayor, Sergei Sabianin, announced that at least 19 drones, which were heading to the city. He clarified that debris was in particular on avenue south of Moscow, assuring that no casualties have been recorded as this stage.
Russian media broadcast visual material showing an apartment building tanned by fire smoke and cracked shop window.
In the early hours of the morning, Monday, it was announced that data from Russian anti -aircraft defense destroyed four Ukrainian drones moving to Moscow, without reporting victims or damage.
The Russian capital has repeatedly became the goal of Ukrainian businesses of the genre, which are generally rare, with life giving the impression that it remains almost normal, despite the war that continues to rage since February 2022, when the Russian army has invaded Ukraine.
Alarm at airports
The four airports that serve the Russian capital – Seremetieva, Damadiendava, Vnukava and Zukovsky – had to suspend their operation at night for hours, completely closing the corridors, by decision of the Russian Civil Aviation Authority. Similarly, many other Russian airports, especially in big cities wet by Volga, such as Nizhny Novgrad, Samara, Sarataf, Volgrad.
This last city is nothing more than the old Stalingrad, the theater of the battle that experts characterize the most murderous in history, ending in the defeat of the Nazi 6th Army (1942-1943). This battle is considered to be a turning point for the course of World War II.
The regional governors in the southern Russian regions of Baronez and Pijeza announced that 18 and 10 Ukrainian drones were intercepted respectively, with no casualties.
Dead and injured in Kursk
The Ukrainian forces targeted civilians in their attack on Kursk, with three people killed and seven others injured, as the Russian region’s governor said today.
At the same time, Russian anti -aircraft defense units destroyed 105 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft overnight, according to the RIA news agency, citing data from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Authorities are removing residents from areas near the border, as Ukrainian drones have been “more frequent” yesterday, the Kursk District Administration announced via the Telegram.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have announced that in the last 24 hours they have been conducting battlefields in Kursk, despite the fact that Moscow claims that it has repelled the Ukrainian invasion of the region.
In their daily announcement at the Telegram, Ukrainian forces report that Russian attacks were repelled in Kursk and that they were under fire from Russian artillery, as well as air bombings.
The Kursk Regional Governor also said today that Kiev forces attacked an energy substation in his region, after Russian war bloggers had spoken earlier about a new Ukrainian land raid on the area, supported by armored vehicles.
Electricity has not yet been restored to Rilesk, a city of about 15,000 inhabitants about 50 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, after Ukrainian forces attacked late yesterday, Monday, at the substation there, causing damage to two transformers and injuring two adolescents.
Attack on Odessa
On the Ukrainian side, a new Russian raid with drones in the region of Odessa (south) claimed the lives of at least one man, the regional governor Oleh Kipper announced in the early hours.
Moscow has announced a three -day ceasefire from the 8th to May 10th, as part of the anniversary events.
Ukraine, who described this announcement as “attempted manipulation”, remains unclear whether it will adhere to it.
Yesterday, in incompetent drones that exchanged Ukrainian and Russian Armed Forces, it was announced that they lost their lives not less than six civilians, three in Russia (in the Kursk region) and the same number in Ukraine (in the regions of Sumi).
