The four main Moscow airports were closed for hours after Ukraine launched a second consecutive night of drone attacks against the Russian capital, authorities announced.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Tuesday that the Russian aerial defenses intercepted 19 drones flying to the city in different directions.
The Russian official said that some debris had landed on highways leading to the city, but that no victim had been reported.
The attack comes standing Planned celebrations in Moscow commemorate the end of the Second World War. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to attend the victory day event.
“Our position is very simple for all countries going to Russia on May 9: we cannot be held responsible for what is happening in the territory of the Russian Federation,” said Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“They are responsible for your safety. We will not provide any guarantee, because we do not know what Russia could do on these dates.”
Attacks in Ukraine
The Ukrainian government did not comment on the reported attack, but local officials said Russia had made drone strikes over the night on civilian targets.
At least one person was killed and damaged infrastructure after a Russian drone strike on Odesa, according to the regional governor Oleh Kiper. Several houses were said to have been damaged during the attack and fires broke out.
The mayor of Kharkiv said that Russia had made drone strikes in the city, injuring at least four people. The strikes would have reached commercial premises, a shopping center and civil houses.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov said 20 strikes had been reported in four districts in the city, causing epidemics of fire.
Ukraine and Russia disagree on the competing proposals of the ceasefire, after Zelenskyy rejected The 72-hour unilateral ceasefire of Russia as “theatrical”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a ceasefire from May 7 to 10, to go with the Moscow Victory Day celebrations. However, Zelenskyy said the ceasefire proposed by Russia was aimed at creating the illusion that Putin emerges from isolation.
Zelenskyy rather renewed calls for a more substantial break of 30 days in hostilities, as the United States had initially proposed. He said that the proposed ceasefire could start at any time as a significant step towards the implementation of the Russia war, now in its fourth year.
