It is about “one of the most significant attacks on Moscow†since the start of the war, writes on its site the information broadcast TSN. “On the night of May 17, Moscow and its region were the target of a massive drone attack. […] Numerous impacts and considerable destruction have been reported.â€
Russians are dismayed
It was apparently the region’s infrastructure that was targeted, as well as at least one refinery, details the television channel. Cooperative. “According to initial information, the Angstrem semiconductor factory, subject to sanctions [occidentales], the Elma technology park in Zelenograd, the Sonechtnogorskaia refinery and Sheremetyevo airport were affected, and their activity was temporarily suspended.â€
Regarding the refinery, Cooperative specify that “this facility is a major fuel terminal in the Moscow region. It is part of the network of main oil pipelines in the Moscow region and is used for the storage, pumping and transport of gasoline and diesel… Daily life online Oukraïnska Pravdawho cites Russian sources in support, explains that the anti-aircraft defense would not have remained inactive:
“Russia claims to have shot down nearly 600 Ukrainian drones, 130 of which are believed to have attacked Moscow.â€
But faced with the scale of this unprecedented wave of Ukrainian attacks, “Russians, dismayed, complain about the strikes on local forums†, comments TSN.
Moscow loses sleep
“Russian authorities announced deaths and injuries following the attack, notes the Ukrainian news site Obozrevatel. The governor of the Moscow region, Andreï Vorobiev, also reported three dead and four wounded among the Russians.†These figures would not be surprising, the site claims, because “Russian anti-aircraft defense often hits tall buildings.”
Anyway, indicates Obozrevatel in another article, “President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukrainian forces launched a massive offensive against Moscow and its region overnight, more than 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.†. But above all, he presented these nocturnal strikes as a “Just responding to Russia’s protracted war and its attacks on our cities.” And he added:
“Through these strikes, Ukraine is sending an unequivocal message to Russia: Moscow must end the war.â€
Zelensky a également “suggested that any new enemy attack would inevitably result in a vigorous response†. In other words, Ukraine does not intend to stop there.
Still according to the site, Robert “Madyar†Brovdi, the very popular commander-in-chief of the drone force, now a separate branch of the Ukrainian army, promises this in unambiguous terms. In a message on social networks, he announces “a change in the rules of war for the Russian capital†and publishes the photo of a drone wing on which is written in English: “Moscow ne dort Nunca.â€
Brovdi also warned that he would not “no longer possible to be peaceful in Patriki and its surroundings, […] referring to the upscale neighborhoods of Moscow, which are increasingly targeted by drone attacks…
