Russia, drones and Moscow
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Moscow claims to have downed almost 300 Ukrainian drones overnight as Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to meet German chancellor Friedrich Merz in Germany to continue peace talks.The Russian defence ministry earlier claimed to have intercepted 100 drones,
The textbook "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: 8th and 9th Grades" has been published and will be used in schools across Russia.
On the night of May 28, explosions thundered in the moscow oblast - the result of a large-scale drone attack. In the city of Dubna, a UAV production enterprise
Moscow has escalated its air attacks in recent months even as Donald Trump pushes the sides to halt the fighting and as negotiators held their first direct talks in more than three years.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Tuesday that Moscow will retaliate for recent Ukrainian drone attacks on targets inside Russia. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised Kyiv's own “symmetrical response” should Russian attacks continue.
This night, long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine staged a "slamming" attack on a strategic enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) - the Bereznyak Raduga plant, which is located in the city of Dubna, 130 kilometers north of Moscow.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Berlin today for talks on ending the war after Germany became Ukraine's last major backer to allow use of long-range missiles against Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow said it downed nearly 300 Ukrainian drones over Russia overnight.
Explosions in Moscow were heard overnight as air defences targeted Ukrainian drones. As a result of the air attack, a fire broke out in the Elma technopark in Zelenograd, 37 miles from Moscow, with one of its buildings damaged. According to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, 33 drones were reportedly shot down.