Ukrainian drones hit Moscow hours before the World War II parade leaders arrived

Russia and Ukraine exchanged a barrage of blows from Tuesday night, less than the day before the proposed Russia starts fire.

Most of Moscow’s airports were forced to close in response to strikes, just like Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders should arrive in the Russian capital to win World War II.

Vladimir Putin called for a three -day termination of the fire to coincide with the event beginning on May 8. Kiev rejected the idea as a “theatrical game”, repeating his call for an unconditional 30-day cessation of fire.

At least two people were killed in Kiev on Tuesday night, staff said, as Volodimir Zelenski called for “significantly increased pressure on Russia.”

The falling debris from the destroyed drones caused fires in apartments and buildings in three from the Kiev area on Tuesday night, killing a woman and her son in the Shevchenkievski neighborhood and wounded seven more.

Zelenski said Russia had fired four ballistic missiles and 142 drones in Ukraine overnight. There are emergency services throughout the country, including in the regions of the Proceria, Donetsk, Zhitomir, Herson and DNSRO.

Thehe The Ukrainian President called for “more strong sanctions” against Russia In an X statement, saying that “he must be responsible for his actions.”

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobianin said that Russian air defense wards have destroyed at least 14 Ukrainian drones. No damage is reported.

This is the third consecutive night in which the Ukrainian drone strikes have directed to Moscow, and the second consecutive night, that key airports in the city are forced to close for several hours.

At least 350 flights have been delayed or canceled in Russia, AFP News Agency reported.

Comes hours before a Termination of fire offered by Putin last month It is envisaged to start at 00:00 local time on May 8 (10:00 pm on May 7). It is planned to coincide with a massive military parade in honor of the 80th anniversary of World War II.

Many world leaders are ready to attend the event on Red Square of Moscow, including Brazil President Luis Inasio Lula da Silva, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Vietnam President Lem and Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro.

Russia has announced that Serbian President Alexandar Vucic is among the 29 leaders who should attend. Brussels has issued a warning to Vucic that presence will harm negotiations for EU membership in Serbia.

Earlier this month, green warned that Ukraine could not guarantee the safety of anyone traveling to Moscow for the parade. “We cannot be responsible for what is happening on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the Ukrainian Agency Interfax said.

He called the proposal to stop Putin’s fire “manipulation” and “game” designed to protect the ceremony.

The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has warned of the participation of all foreign troops, calling it “unacceptable” and helping Moscow to “defeat his military crimes.”

China sent 102 soldiers – the largest foreign military contingent among the 13 participating countries – to participate.

Xi Jinping will be an honorary guest of the festivities. The Chinese president welcomes the “sustainable” link between Russia and China to an article on Russia Rossiskaya Gazeta on Wednesday, on the eve of his expected visit.

“The two sides must oppose any attempt to prevent themselves and undermine China-Russia and mutual trust,” he writes.

The two nations are expected to sign numerous agreements to strengthen their partnership “Without Restrictions” during a four -day visit to Jipin. China and Russia approached after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is denoted by deepening military and commercial ties.

On Tuesday, the Kremlin praised relations with China-Russia as a “true example” of cooperation, adding that they were “at their highest point”.

The parade of victory on May 9 celebrated the transmission of Nazi Germany in 1945 to the Soviet Union during World War II, remembered as the “Great Patriotic War” in Russia.

This is the most important official holiday of Russia and Putin repeatedly refers to the victory to unite Russian society after the invasion of Ukraine, attracting parallels between the offensive and the fight against the Nazis.

Kiev and Europe rejected Putin’s story and the glorification of Russia’s role in the victory over Nazi Germany.

“These people are not the liberators of Europe, they are occupiers and war criminals,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said on Tuesday on Tuesday.

Yuri Savchuk, director of the Museum of War in Ukraine, told AFP that the first and II of World War I and the “today’s war” are all the “conflicts we fought for the right to national existence, for the right of Ukrainians to establish themselves as a people.”

Europe and Ukraine will celebrate the day of May 8.

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Russia launched a full -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and is currently controlling about 20% of the territory of Ukraine, including the South Crimea Peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014.