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In this photograph provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade property service, a Ukrainian worker passes by an armoured Hummer conveyance equipped with an anti-drone nett connected the frontline successful the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, May 5, 2025. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)
Russian forces intercepted much than 100 Ukrainian drones fired astatine astir a twelve regions of Russia, the Defense Ministry successful Moscow said Tuesday, successful an onslaught that forced each 4 airports astir Moscow to temporarily suspend flights.
Nine different determination Russian airports besides temporarily stopped operating arsenic drones struck areas on the borderline with Ukraine and deeper wrong Russia, according to Russia's civilian aviation agency, Rosaviatsia, and the Defense Ministry. It was the 2nd consecutive nighttime that the Moscow portion reportedly was targeted.
Two radical were injured successful the Kursk region, according to section Gov. Alexander Khinshtein, and immoderate harm was reported successful the Voronezh region.
The Russian reports couldn’t beryllium independently verified.
The drone battle comes 2 days up of a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire successful the more than three-year war announced by President Vladimir Putin to coincide with celebrations successful Moscow marking Victory Day successful World War II.
The time celebrating Moscow’s decision of Nazi Germany successful 1945 is Russia’s biggest secular vacation erstwhile overseas dignitaries volition stitchery successful the Russian capital.
Meanwhile, Russian forces overnight fired astatine slightest 20 Shahed drones astatine Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-0largest metropolis adjacent the borderline with Russia, injuring 4 people, determination Gov. Oleh Syniehubov wrote connected Telegram.
The drones started a occurrence astatine the biggest marketplace successful Kharkiv, Barabashovo, destroying and damaging astir 100 marketplace stalls, helium said.
Seven much civilians were injured elsewhere successful the Kharkiv portion by Russian glide bombs and drones, Syniehubov said.
Putin past week declared a little unilateral truce “on humanitarian grounds” from May 8. Ukraine has called for a longer ceasefire.
Russia has efficaciously rejected a U.S. connection for an contiguous and afloat 30-day halt successful the warring by insisting connected far-reaching conditions. Ukraine has accepted it the proposal, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday astatine the White House that the little truce “doesn’t dependable similar much, but it’s … a batch if you knew wherever we started from.”
Foreign leaders who person confirmed their attendance astatine the Victory Day festivities successful Moscow see China's President Xi Jinping, described by Putin arsenic “our main guest.”
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, different apical state whom Putin has courted, had been expected successful Moscow but helium canceled his travel amid tensions with Pakistan.
Other guests see Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has openly challenged the European Union’s policies implicit Ukraine. Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic besides has accepted an invitation, his archetypal travel to Russia since the invasion, but his attendance was uncertain aft helium became ill.
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