Ukrainian drones attack Moscow, halting flights ahead of major military parade
- For the second night in a row on May 6, Moscow faced an assault by Ukrainian drones, leading to the temporary shutdown of all four airports in the city for several hours.
- The attacks followed months of increasing drone strikes by Kyiv targeting Russian infrastructure amid ongoing conflict and preceding Victory Day celebrations.
- Russian air defense forces intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones targeting various locations nationwide overnight, with around 19 of these intercepted near Moscow; no significant damage or injuries were reported.
- Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that Russian air defenses intercepted and neutralized no fewer than 19 Ukrainian drones coming toward the city from multiple directions, with some drone debris falling onto a nearby highway.
- The strikes increased tensions ahead of Moscow’s May 9 Victory Day parade, which is set to be attended by international dignitaries such as China’s President Xi Jinping.
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Flight Operations at 4 Moscow Airports Temporarily Suspended Due to Ukrainian Drone Attack
Russian forces intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones fired at almost a dozen regions of Russia, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said, in an attack that forced all four airports around Moscow to temporarily suspend flights.

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Flight operations at 4 Moscow airports temporarily suspended due to Ukrainian drone attack
Russian forces intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones fired at almost a dozen regions of Russia, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday, in an attack that forced all four airports around Moscow to temporarily suspend flights. Nine other regional Russian airports also temporarily stopped operating as drones struck areas along the border with Ukraine and deeper inside Russia, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency, Rosaviatsia, and t…
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