Ukrainian drone attacks provide flight chaos – Diepresse.com before the victory parade in Moscow
60,000 passengers are affected by the delays, detours and flight failures. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to commemorate the end of the World War Ikau in Moscow.
Shortly before the Moscow victory parade at the end of the World War I end 80 years ago, Russia and Ukraine covered each other with air strikes. In Russia, Ukrainian drone attacks have caused a huge flight chaos. The Russian tourism association ATOR said that no less than 60,000 passengers are affected by the delays, diversions and flight failures.
Especially in Moscow, the airports reported problems in the run -up to the victory celebrations. In the Russian capital, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit a four -day visit on Wednesday.
In Scheremetjewo, the largest airport in Russia, 40 starts had to be canceled so far. Another 60 planes that should land there were diverted to airports, sometimes hundreds of kilometers away, such as the Petersburg Airport Pulkowo. At least 50 flights were delays of at least one hour. A total of 350 departures have so far been affected by Russia, ATOR said. The number of flights affected should therefore increase. Flights abroad are also affected.
Record number of Ukrainian drones in Russia
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the shooting of 524 drones within a day. This was a record, the authority said. According to media reports, there were, for example, the Moscow area, the regions of Kaluga and Tula, located south of it, the Jaroslawl area in the north, but also in the part of Murder, 600 kilometers from the capital.
Two deaths in the Russian attack on Kyiv
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Destruction after a Russian drone attack in Kyiv. Two people were killed. Reuters / Yan Dobronosov
Conversely, two people were killed in a drone attack in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, as Mayor Vitali Klitschko and disaster protection on Telegram announced. Several residential buildings were therefore hit by falling rubble and caught fire. According to Klitschko, eight other people are said to have been injured, including four children.
Dispute over ceasefire to commemorative victory
On Friday, Russia wants to commemorate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 with a military parade in front of foreign guests in Moscow. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin therefore proclaimed a three -day break of fire from Thursday to Friday in his war against Ukraine. Ukraine does not see this as a serious entry into an end to the fights. Like the United States, it calls for a 30 -day ceasefire. (APA/dpa)
