LONDON — Tons of of Ukrainian drones crossed into Russia in a single day into Wednesday morning, dozens of which focused Moscow and once more brought on disruption to flights out and in of the capital, in line with officers there.
Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned its forces shot down 296 Ukrainian drones over 12 areas — together with the capital Moscow — through the newest spherical of long-range strikes.
Moscow Governor Andrei Vorobyov mentioned on Telegram that at the least 42 drones had been downed over the area. Vorobyov reported harm to 3 properties within the city of Chekhov round 40 miles south of the capital.
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Worldwide Airport — certainly one of 4 worldwide airports within the capital — additionally warned vacationers of delays as a result of flight restrictions imposed through the newest drone assault. Current weeks have seen common disruptions to Moscow’s airports throughout such strikes.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands subsequent to a captured Russian self-propelled howitzer within the Zaporizhzhia area of Ukraine on Could 27, 2025.
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Andriy Kovalenko, the top of the Counter-Disinformation Middle working as a part of Ukraine’s Nationwide Safety and Protection Council, mentioned on Telegram there have been “some fairly good hits” throughout Tuesday night time’s assault.
Among the many targets had been the Dubna Machine-Constructing Plant — concerned within the manufacturing of aviation, missile and drone know-how, Kovalenko mentioned — within the metropolis of Dubna, round 70 miles north of Moscow.
Kovalenko mentioned the Technopark ELMA-Zelenograd facility — which hosts the event of microelectronics, IT, robotics and medical gear — was additionally focused. The power “is without doubt one of the facilities the place import substitution of vital parts beforehand imported from the West takes place,” Kovalenko mentioned.
ABC Information couldn’t instantly confirm Kovalenko’s declare of profitable strikes on the services.
Russia continued its personal long-range assaults on Ukraine in a single day. Ukraine’s air pressure mentioned Moscow launched six missiles and 88 strike drones into the nation, of which 71 drones had been shot down or in any other case neutralized. The air pressure mentioned it recorded impacts in eight areas.
The depth of strikes by each side have solely elevated since President Donald Trump’s return to workplace in January, the president having promised to finish Russia’s struggle on its neighbor struggle in 24 hours. Trump has not delivered on that promise, and his frustration seems to have been constructing in current weeks with the continued failure of U.S.-led ceasefire efforts.
Trump known as Putin “completely loopy” in a Sunday social media publish, then on Tuesday mentioned Putin “doesn’t understand is that if it weren’t for me, a number of actually unhealthy issues would have already occurred to Russia, and I imply REALLY BAD. He’s taking part in with fireplace!”
The U.S. and Ukraine are actually ready for Russia to ship its peace memorandum — a doc promised by Putin to Trump throughout a cellphone name between the 2 leaders earlier this month. Russia’s Overseas Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova mentioned Tuesday that Moscow was nonetheless engaged on the doc.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy forged doubt on the Russian proposal. “They’ve already spent over per week on this,” he wrote on social media on Tuesday. “They discuss rather a lot about diplomacy. However when, within the midst of all that, there are fixed Russian strikes, fixed killings, relentless assaults, and even preparations for brand spanking new offensives.”
