Moscow, Ukraine and drone strike
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Russia's defence ministry says more than 230 Ukrainian drones have been downed over Russia since Saturday morning.
Russia faced a penetrating barrage of drones from Ukraine over the weekend that caused all four of Moscow's major airports to close amid the intensifying war.
Gennady Starunov, winner of Moscow’s 2022 Teacher of the Year award, was killed in Ukraine. The announcement came from Mikhail Klochihin, director of Moscow’s Marshal Chuikov School, where Starunov taught civil defense.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Saturday that air defence systems had downed two drones en route to Russia's capital. "Another drone attack on Moscow has been repelled. Emergency services specialists are working at the site where the debris fell," he said on Telegram.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow caused massive traffic disruptions at the Russian capital's four airports, officials said on Sunday. In the Selenograd district, the strikes also damaged numerous high-rise buildings and cars were set on fire,
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"The suitcase was found to contain an American Colt Commander, .45 caliber with three empty magazines," Russian officials said.
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The Moscow Times on MSNHeavy Rains Flood Moscow for Second Time in a WeekFloodwaters overtook some areas of Moscow for a second time in a week on Monday after intense thunderstorms and heavy rain swept across the Russian capital. By 9 a.m., a weather station at the city’s VDNKh park had recorded 33% of Moscow’s average monthly rainfall,
The Kremlin has confirmed its interest in a third round of negotiations proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky between Kiev and Moscow to end the war. At the previous meeting, both sides exchanged their position papers,