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Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow for the second consecutive night, temporarily interrupting thefts in four airports in the Russian capital and nine other advantages – while it is preparing to welcome a large military parade which should be assisted by world leaders, notably Xi Jinping de China.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, said in a telegram on Tuesday that at least 19 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed on their approach to the capital during the night, one night after the Russian aerial defenses killed four drones near the city.
There was no immediate report of serious damage or victims, but the debris of slaughtered drones fell on a major highway, said Sobyanin. Thefts were suspended as a security precaution in four of the capital’s airports, according to the Russian aviation authorities.
The devices launched in Moscow were one of 105 Ukrainian drones intercepted across Russia overnight, the Defense Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the last Ukrainian attack on the Russian capital was before Xi’s scheduled arrival in Moscow for a three -day state visit, in which the Chinese chief will participate in the victory celebrations on May 9 of May 9, according to a Kremlin statement on Sunday.
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, the president of Vietnam with Lam and the Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko are among the other leaders who should attend.
Victory day is the most important day in the calendar of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he has long used it to reach the support of the public and demonstrate the country’s military prowess.
Thousands of people on Friday should align the streets of Moscow Red Square in a patriotism exhibition marking the role of the Soviet Union by beating Nazi Germany and commemorating more than 25 million Soviet soldiers and deceased civilians during the Second World War.
The Russian authorities have already launched celebrations planned in certain parts of the country – just a few hours after the Ukrainian salvo overnight. In the south, there will be no victory parade in Sébastopol, occupied Crimea or in the city of Krasnador, according to local governors.
Mikhail Razvozhaev, the chief of Sébastopol supported by Russia, announced that the commemorations have been canceled “for security reasons”, in a decision mandated by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Likewise, Kuban Veniamin Kondratyev, the chief of Krasnador, warned such celebrations posed “a great risk”.
“An air threat is announced almost every evening. Of course, we cannot risk Krasnodar residents, those who come to the parade, the parade participants,” Kondratyev said.
Last month, Putin declared a three-day unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to coincide with the celebrations of May 9 on the basis of what he called “humanitarian considerations”, causing skepticism to kyiv.
After the attacks on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accused kyiv of “continuing war”, insisting that Easter’s break “is still relevant”. But the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky repeatedly criticized the three-day ceasefire, saying that he was only ready to register for a longer truce of at least 30 days.
Since April 29, when Putin called for the Easter truce, the Ukrainian army has accused Moscow of having launched approximately 1,856 attacks along the vast front lines. Meanwhile, Russian attacks killed at least 43 civilians and injured 329 others in Ukraine, according to a CNN count of the figures of local authorities and emergency services.
Meanwhile, the White House renewed calls for a “permanent ceasefire” while the Trump administration increases pressure on Moscow and kyiv to accept an agreement to end the war. But these negotiations have largely stalled.
In a message to the dignitaries traveling to Russia for victory day celebrations, the Ukrainian chief warned that Kiev “cannot be responsible for what is happening in the territory of the Russian Federation”, due to the current conflict.
Kyiv will not “play games to create a pleasant atmosphere to allow Putin’s release of isolation on May 9,” said Zelensky in his night speech on Saturday.
In response, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said its comments were a threat.
Zelensky has asked for answers from China in recent weeks, after revealing that two Chinese fighters had been captured by Ukraine in early April and said there were “much more” in the ranks of Russia.
Beijing has denied any involvement and repeated calls before Chinese citizens to “refrain from participating in military actions of any party”.
Kyiv has turned more and more to drones to level the rules of the game with Russia, which has a workforce and higher resources. Ukraine said on Saturday that she had shot down a Russian fighter su-30 in the Black Sea using a sea drone for the first time.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian official told CNN that the country’s army retains a presence within the Kursk of Russia, a few days after Moscow said that it had completely picked up the Western region after a foray for several months by Kiev forces.
This story has been updated with additional information. Anna Chernova de CNN, Victoria Buttenko, Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno, Darya Tarasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Edward Upright, Sana Noor Haq and Eve Brennan contributed to the reports.
