Ukraine-Russia war live: Moscow hit by massive drone raid for second night ahead of Putin’s Victory Day parade
Moscow has come under a massive Ukrainian drone attack for the second night in a row, prompting the cancellation of flights at all four airports serving the Russian capital.
Russia said its air defence units shot down at least 19 drones that had approached Moscow “from different directions”. It was a dramatic escalation from the four drones that hit Moscow a day earlier.
The city is set to host a Victory Day parade at the weekend, a major event where Vladimir Putin will meet with a number of world leaders allied to his cause. Russia has already been forced to cancel its Victory Day parade in occupied Crimea due to safety concerns.
On the war’s frontline, Ukrainian forces attacked a power substation in Russia’s western Kursk region after launching an audacious second incursion into the region.
Last month, Russia’s top general said that Ukrainian troops had been ejected from Kursk, ending the biggest incursion into Russian territory since the Second World War.
