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Ukraine hit Moscow with its biggest drone attack since the start of the war. Russian national TV networks all but ignored it.

Summary by Meduza
Russia’s national television networks almost entirely ignored the largest Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow area since the start of the war. The attack, which took place overnight on May 17, killed three people and wounded 16 more. Several days before the strike, Moscow authorities introduced a ban on publishing photos and videos showing the aftermath of drone strikes, citing the need to prevent “the spread of unreliable information.”

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The largest drone attack of the war so far hit Moscow over the weekend. Despite Moscow having the strongest air defenses, it was unable to protect the capital. Ukrainian drones, developed by the country, are effective even hundreds of kilometers from the border. In the earlier years of the Russian-Ukrainian war, it was often said that as long as the so-called Russian middle class and elite (primarily in Moscow and St. Petersburg) did not feel th…

·Hungary
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On the night of 16 and 17 May, Moscow and Pomoskovje were subjected to the most massive air attack by Ukrainian forces since the outbreak of the war.

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Three people die in the biggest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow so far, 16 are injured. However, the state media remain silent on orders from the authorities – while the residents in stairwells seek shelter and hope for answers in semi-legal telegram channels.

·Leipzig, Germany
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The Z community is pissed off by the Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow: "Have you ever noticed how Moscow became Donetsk?" and "No Moskwu was bombarded in the fight!" But the television channels hardly talk about it, and the televisers, including Margherita Simonyan and Vladimir Soloviev, call it "unthinkable."

·Prague, Czechia
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World media wrote about this and not only on May 19. A record 1300 drones in MoscowPhoto: GettyImagesA lot of foreign media wrote about one of the most powerful Ukrainian attacks on Moscow. In particular, Politico noted that Kiev over the weekend launched 1,300 drones that hit factories and refineries around Moscow. Thus, Ukraine broke through Russia's most powerful air defense system. Although Ukrainian drones have penetrated Moscow's air defen…

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Meduza broke the news in Riga, Latvia on Monday, May 18, 2026.
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