Russia claims to have rejected a flying Ukrainian drone attack in the direction of Moscow – Liberation

The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobianine, announced on Telegramon the night of Sunday to Monday, that the air defense had « Pushed an attack from four flying drones towards Moscow » without doing « Damage or victims ». This is not the first time that the Russian capital has been the target of Ukrainian operations of this type, Even if these remain rare.

This Ukrainian drone raid occurs a few days before the Military parade of May 9 on Red Squareto which the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and other partners and allies of Moscow must assist. The commemoration of victory against Nazi Germany just eighty years ago, on May 9, is at the heart of the patriotic account of the Kremlin, which ensures that the armed conflict against Ukraine is an extension of that against Berlin during the Second World War.

On the occasion of these celebrations, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, also offered to Ukraine A three -day truce – from May 8 to 10 – in order to, according to him, test the arrangement of kyiv to make peace.

But the Ukrainian president said on Sunday that he « Didn’t believe » that Russia would respect this truce. Volodymyr Zelensky said he did not want « play » with the short truces proposed by its Russian counterpart. “It is impossible to agree on something in three, five or seven days. Let’s be honest. It is a theatrical performance on his part (at Vladimir Putin, editor’s note), he said. It is impossible to find a plan to establish the next steps to finish the war. It doesn’t seem serious. « 

Volodymyr Zelensky also said that Kyiv will not be able to guarantee « Security » International leaders present at this ceremony. “We don’t know what Russia will do on this date. It could take different measures, such as fires, explosions, and then accuse us ”, advanced the Ukrainian president. In response, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Ukrainian president of launching a « Direct threat » to the safety of his commemorations of May 9.