Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow for the second night in a row, local officials said, as the Russian capital prepares to host a major annual military parade expected to be attended by world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The capital's four main airports were closed for several hours for security reasons, but later reopened, Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Telegram.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on social media that at least 19 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed before they reached the city “from different directions.” He said some of the debris had fallen on one of the main highways leading into the city, but there were no casualties.
Ukraine has not yet commented. But the mayor of Kharkiv said Russia had also carried out drone strikes on the city overnight, as well as in the Kiev area.
The governor of Ukraine's Odessa region, Oleh Kiper, said one person was killed in a drone strike.
Three civilians were killed and seven others were injured in Russian airstrikes yesterday in Ukraine's eastern Sumy region, local authorities quoted by Kiev media said.
It is the second night in a row that Russia has reported a drone attack from Ukraine. On Monday, Russia's defense ministry said it had destroyed 26 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Unconfirmed reports from Russian military bloggers suggested that the windows of an apartment in southern Moscow were broken.
In addition to Moscow, the governors of other Russian cities, including Penza and Voronezh, also said they were targeted by drones on Tuesday night.
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago, Kiev has launched several drone attacks on Moscow. Its most recent attack in March killed three people. (A2 Televizion)
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