“Las fuerzas rusas no podrán escondarse”: Ukraine launches drone attack on Moscow's biggest war

Ukraine attacked Moscow with at least 34 drones on Sunday, the largest drone attack in the Russian capital. Since the start of the war in 2022which forced it to change flights from the city's three main airports ha herido al menos a cinco personas.

Las Defensas Aéreas Rusas han destruido otros 50 drones Other regions of the Russian Federation, according to the Ministry of Defense.

Regarding the attack, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskyposted a message on his Telegram channel “thanking all the soldiers who carried out successful attacks with our drones. Todos pueden ver cómo está funcción esta strategy. dronlar de largo alcance They work in the background Russian depth. Military units are built for military personnel for Russian soldiers.

He continued: “Thank you to the Security Service of Ukraine and members of the Special Operations Forces. Russian military depots, airfields and military industrial companies. can not hide“.

“The efforts of all those who destroy Russian equipment at the front are vital. Especially the special forces of the Security Service. han logrado destruir más de trescientos tanques Russians. Every eighth Russian tank destroyed by Ukraine bears the stamp of SBU boys. I express my gratitude to the soldiers of the General Intelligence Agency, as well as to all units that performed tasks both in battle and behind enemy lines in the east of our country.

Russia's response

From Moscow, they believe that this massive attack is “an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry it out.” terrorist attack Using drones on the territory of the Russian Federation is disappointing,” the minister said.

The Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia reported that Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky airports He diverted at least 36 flightsbut the luego han resumed operations. The Ministry of Defense confirmed that five people were injured in the Moscow region.

populated Moscow and its surrounding region at least 21 millionTogether with Istanbul, it has become one of the largest metropolitan cities in Europe.

Por su parte, Russia He made a record of 145 drones durante la noche, according to Ukraine. Kiev said that its air defense forces shot down 62 of those drones. Ukraine also reportedly attacked an arsenal in Russia's Bryansk region, shooting down 14 drones in the region.

An unverified video of drones buzzing over the horizon has been released on Russian Telegram channels.

The two-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine entered what some officials say could be its final act, after Moscow's forces advanced faster than in the early days of the conflict and Donald Trump was elected the 47th president. President of the United States of America.

Trump, who took office in January, said during the campaign that he could bring peace to Ukraine within 24 hours, but he gave few details on how he would do it.

According to media reports, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Trump and congratulated him on his victory in the elections, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and a supporter of Trump, joined the call. Musk es dueño de SpaceXque ha provided Starlink satellite communications service, vital services for the defense of Ukraine.

“Paraguas” de Moscu

Kiev, which has repeatedly become the target of mass attacks by Russian forces' drones, has tried to launch a counterattack against its vast eastern neighbor. Repeated attacks on oil refineriesaeródromos and even estaciones de radar estraticas de alerta de rusas.

Although the 1,000 km (620 mi) front was reminiscent of the trenches and artillery of World War I for much of the conflict, one of the major innovations was drone warfare.

Both Moscow and Kyiv were searched Compare desarrollar nuevos droneshan desplegado de maneras innovadoras y han buscado nuevas formas destruirlos, desde usar scopetas de agriculturists hasta avanzadas sistemas de interferencia electronica.

Russia has developed a series of electronic “umbrellas” over Moscow, additional advanced internal layers over strategic buildings and a sophisticated network of air defense systems to shoot down drones in the center of the capital before they reach the Kremlin.