Military Logistics Hub Near Moscow Hit in Massive 347-Drone Blitz
The reported strike comes as Moscow tightens security ahead of the Victory Day celebrations, with authorities planning internet shutdowns, airport closures, and restrictions across the capital.
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Ukraine launched a massive overnight drone attack across Russia, reportedly striking a key military logistics facility near Moscow just days before the Kremlin’s May 9 Victory Day parade.
Russian monitoring channels and Ukrainian OSINT sources said drones targeted the Nara production and logistics complex in Naro-Fominsk, southwest of Moscow.
The sprawling Defense Ministry facility, covering up to 200 hectares, is used to store and distribute military cargo for Russia’s armed forces.
The reported strike comes as Moscow tightens security ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s flagship Victory Day celebrations, with authorities planning internet shutdowns, airport closures, and restrictions across the capital.
Explosions and air defense activity were reported overnight in multiple Russian regions, including around Moscow, Bryansk, Tver, Rostov, Samara, and Tula.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 11 drones were shot down on approach to the capital, adding that emergency crews were working at debris impact sites. He did not mention the reported strike on the military logistics complex.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed air defenses intercepted and destroyed 347 Ukrainian drones overnight across 20 Russian regions, occupied Crimea, and over the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas.
In the Bryansk region, drones hit two apartment buildings, damaging more than 20 apartments. Regional governor Alexander Bogomaz said 13 people, including a child, were injured.
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In the Tver region city of Rzhev, drones damaged three residential buildings, forcing the evacuation of 350 residents, including 60 children, according to local authorities.
The scale of the attack also disrupted Russian civil aviation. Rosaviatsia temporarily restricted operations at dozens of airports, including Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and hubs in Sochi, Kazan, Samara, Krasnodar, and Nizhny Novgorod.
Ceasefire proposals
The attack came amid competing ceasefire proposals ahead of Russia’s May 9 Victory Day celebrations in Moscow.
The Kremlin had proposed a temporary truce for May 8-9 tied to the anniversary events. President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the proposal as “cynical,” calling it a “theatrical performance” aimed at protecting the parade and shielding Moscow from potential Ukrainian strikes.
Kyiv instead proposed what Zelensky described as a unilateral “regime of silence” beginning May 6 to test whether Russia was serious about pursuing a genuine ceasefire.
According to Zelensky, Moscow ignored the offer within hours. He said Ukrainian authorities recorded more than 1,800 strikes and attacks across several regions, including Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
“Russia has not stopped any type of its military activity,” Zelensky said.
He added that Ukraine would respond “mirror-like” to Russian actions and would determine “fully justified responses” depending on developments overnight and on May 7.
Moscow, in response, warned foreign diplomatic missions and international organisations on Wednesday that it could launch “massive retaliatory strikes” on Kyiv, including against “decision-making centers,” if Ukraine disrupts Victory Day events in Moscow.
Russia has already scaled back the May 9 parade, with state media and officials indicating that heavy military equipment such as tanks and armored vehicles may not appear for the first time since 2007.
Officials cited the “operational situation,” while Zelensky suggested concerns over Ukrainian drone strikes were the real reason.
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