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Key context up to 2024–early 2025
- Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow and the surrounding region have occurred sporadically, with several high-profile attacks reported in 2023 and 2024. These events often lead to temporary airport disruptions, patchy casualties or damage, and heightened security advisories in Moscow and nearby oblasts. [Sources from major outlets in 2023–2024 documented these events and the responses from Russian authorities.]
- Russian authorities frequently characterize such incidents as terrorist acts and emphasize air-defense interceptions, while Ukraine typically asserts continued capability to strike strategic targets, including near Moscow, as part of broader military pressure. [Common framing across multiple coverage years.]
- The cadence of attacks has varied, with clusters around significant military or political events, and typically includes both claimed intercepts and occasional damage or injuries, though not every reported strike results in casualties. [Historical reporting patterns.]
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Sources
While Russia's war in Ukraine shows no immediate sign of ending, Kyiv's allies fear Moscow could extend its war elsewhere in Europe. As the conflict enters its fifth year, an expert has suggested Vladimir Putin may eventually opt to escalate. Follow the latest.
news.sky.comRussia launched a fresh wave of drone strikes on Kyiv on May 30 killing at least one person and wounding several others, but Ukrainian authorities said most of the drones were shot down by the capital's air defenses, while Moscow was subjected to a rare drone attack that damaged several buildings.
www.rferl.orgAssault on Russian capital launched as Ukraine presses on with major incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
www.aljazeera.comThe Kremlin called it a "terrorist act" and said five drones were shot down.
www.cbsnews.comVolodymyr Zelenskyy has told Sky News that he plans to meet with Donald Trump during the NATO summit this week. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military has said its forces attacked an oil depot in Russia's southern Rostov region.
news.sky.comUkraine struck the Moscow region on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted…
www.cnn.comThe Russian Defense Ministry reported downing 35 Ukrainian drones overnight, including four in the Moscow region.
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