Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported in a series of Telegram posts early Tuesday (May 6) morning that the city has repelled a multi-wave Ukrainian drone attack. The report says at least one of the drones hit a residential building in the south of the city.
Effect of the Attack
Russia intercepted 19 drones headed towards Moscow overnight on May 5-6, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on May 6. This marks the second night in a row that drones reportedly targeted Russia’s capital. The attacks come just days ahead of the city’s Victory Day parade and Russia’s proposed temporary ceasefire, set for May 7-9.
According to Sobyanin, The first five drones were intercepted by 1:16 am; another was downed about 30 minutes later, followed by three more shortly before 2 am, all en route to the capital.
One of the UAVs fell near Kashirskoe highway in the south of the city, according to Sobyanin.
While the official shared little details, photos published by TASS news agency indicated that the drone hit the top floor of a residential high-rise, shattering several windows and damaging a storefront of a flower shop after the drone attack.
Moscow’s Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky international airports temporarily suspended operations in response to the attack.
Does Zelensky want peace?
Previously this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky openly threatened to attack Russia’s Victory Day parade in Moscow, and the attack happened just days ahead of the Victory Parade.
If we see actions, Zelensky does not look in a mood to end the war. He signed a mineral deal with the US in order to fulfil Trump’s desire to get aid money back in the form of Ukraine’s minerals. The official term of Zelensky has also ended, and he is continuing by bringing martial law to prevent the regularly scheduled presidential election from being conducted. In order to remain in office, the war must continue for him. He signed a mineral deal to appease US President Donald Trump to seek military aid that had been cancelled before.
This week, Russia will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. President Vladimir Putin had ordered a three-day unilateral ceasefire to coincide with the commemorations, but Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky refused to reciprocate, saying Kyiv would accept nothing short of an unconditional 30-day truce.
Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have issued veiled threats to target the military parade being held in Moscow on May 9, which foreign dignitaries will attend. Russia has denounced the rhetoric as evidence of Ukraine using terrorist tactics.
