{"id":7431,"date":"2023-05-30T18:26:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=7431"},"modified":"2023-05-30T18:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:35:19","slug":"ukraine-war-extends-to-moscow-as-drones-attack-both-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/ukraine-war-extends-to-moscow-as-drones-attack-both-capitals\/2023\/05\/30\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine War Extends to Moscow as drones Attack both Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW\/KYIV<\/span>\u00a0(Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> drones<\/span> attacked<\/span> Moscow<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span> what<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> politician<\/span> said<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> deadliest<\/span> attack<\/span> since<\/span> World<\/span> War<\/span> II,<\/span> but<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> Japan<\/span> also<\/span> escaped<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> third<\/span> war<\/span> in<\/span> 24<\/span> years.<\/span> Over<\/span> the<\/span> years,<\/span> the<\/span> air<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> hit<\/span> for<\/span> hours.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Since<\/span> February<\/span> 2022,<\/span> when<\/span> Russia<\/span> sent<\/span> tens<\/span> of<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> troops<\/span> to other<\/span>\u00a0countries,<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> fought<\/span> mainly<\/span> within<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Airstrikes<\/span> on<\/span> targets<\/span> far<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> front<\/span> lines<\/span> have<\/span> increased<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> years<\/span> as<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> entrenched<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> and<\/span> southern<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> and<\/span> chaos<\/span> continues<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> ground.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Eight<\/span> drones<\/span> sent<\/span> from<\/span> Kiev<\/span> targeting<\/span> civilians<\/span> were<\/span> either<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> or<\/span> deflected<\/span> with<\/span> electronic<\/span> jammers,<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry<\/span> said.<\/span> More<\/span> than<\/span> 25<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> involved,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> Baza,<\/span> a<\/span> telegram<\/span> channel<\/span> with<\/span> ties<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> security<\/span> services.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mikhail<\/span> Podlyak,<\/span> an<\/span> adviser<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> president,<\/span> denied<\/span> direct<\/span> Kiev<\/span> involvement,<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> “happy<\/span> to<\/span> follow<\/span> the<\/span> situation”<\/span> and<\/span> expected<\/span> more<\/span> such<\/span> attacks.<\/span> Two<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> injured<\/span> when<\/span> some<\/span> blocks<\/span> of<\/span> apartments<\/span> were<\/span> temporarily<\/span> evacuated,<\/span> the<\/span> Moscow<\/span> mayor<\/span> said.<\/span> Local<\/span> residents<\/span> said<\/span> they<\/span> heard<\/span> the<\/span> smell<\/span> of<\/span> gasoline<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> loud<\/span> explosion.<\/span> Others<\/span> filmed<\/span> the<\/span> drone<\/span> being<\/span> shot<\/span> down,<\/span> causing<\/span> smoke<\/span> to<\/span> rise.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>An<\/span> early<\/span> morning<\/span> drone<\/span> salvo<\/span> targeted<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> Moscow’s<\/span> most<\/span> prominent<\/span> neighborhoods,<\/span> including<\/span> the<\/span> residences<\/span> of<\/span> President<\/span> Putin<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> elite.<\/span> A<\/span> spokesman<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> afterwards<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> informed<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> attack.<\/span> Putin<\/span> later<\/span> said<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> largest-ever<\/span> drone<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> Moscow<\/span> was<\/span> an<\/span> attempt<\/span> to<\/span> intimidate<\/span> and<\/span> provoke<\/span> Russia,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> air<\/span> defenses<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> capital<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> strengthened.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Putin<\/span> said<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> chose<\/span> to<\/span> “blackmail<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> its<\/span> people<\/span> and<\/span> attack<\/span> their<\/span> homes”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Civilian<\/span> targets<\/span> in<\/span> Kiev<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> cities<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> repeatedly<\/span> hit<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> drones<\/span> and<\/span> missiles<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> began.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>But<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> second<\/span> time<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> capital<\/span> came<\/span> under<\/span> direct<\/span> artillery<\/span> fire,<\/span> following<\/span> an<\/span> apparent<\/span> drone<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> month,<\/span> with<\/span> Moscow<\/span> also<\/span> condemning<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> Kiev.<\/span> It<\/span> is<\/span> rumored<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> purpose<\/span> was<\/span> to<\/span> kill<\/span> Putin.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> continues<\/span> to<\/span> gather<\/span> information<\/span> on<\/span> reports<\/span> of<\/span> drone<\/span> attacks<\/span> in<\/span> Moscow,<\/span> but<\/span> reiterated<\/span> that<\/span> Washington<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> support<\/span> attacks<\/span> inside<\/span> Russia.<\/span> The<\/span> US<\/span> government<\/span> is<\/span> committed<\/span> to<\/span> providing<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> equipment<\/span> and<\/span> training<\/span> it<\/span> needs<\/span> to<\/span> regain<\/span> its<\/span> sovereign<\/span> territory,<\/span> the<\/span> spokesman<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> lawmaker<\/span> Maksim<\/span> Ivanov<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> deadliest<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> Moscow<\/span> since<\/span> Nazi<\/span> Germany<\/span> invaded<\/span> World<\/span> War<\/span> II<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> Russians<\/span> could<\/span> no<\/span> longer<\/span> escape<\/span> the<\/span> “new<\/span> reality”.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Another<\/span> Russian<\/span> lawmaker,<\/span> Alexander<\/span> Hinstein,<\/span> called<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> drastic<\/span> increase<\/span> in<\/span> national<\/span> defense,<\/span> saying<\/span> “sabotage<\/span> and<\/span> terrorist<\/span> attacks<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> are<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> rise”.<\/span> “Don’t<\/span> underestimate<\/span> your<\/span> enemies!<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> state<\/span> television<\/span> reported<\/span> the<\/span> attacks<\/span> soberly,<\/span> and<\/span> many<\/span> Muscovites<\/span> continued<\/span> to<\/span> live<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> famous<\/span> fatalism.<\/span> Most<\/span> shrugged<\/span> their<\/span> shoulders,<\/span> and<\/span> many<\/span> expressed<\/span> sadness<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> seeming<\/span> escalation<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> conflict.<\/span> Olga,<\/span> who<\/span> lives<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> site<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> drone<\/span> crash<\/span> on<\/span> Profsoyuznaya<\/span> Street,<\/span> described<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> as<\/span> “of<\/span> course,<\/span> of<\/span> course…<\/span> what<\/span> else<\/span> were<\/span> you<\/span> waiting<\/span> for?”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> war<\/span> left<\/span> tens<\/span> of<\/span> thousands<\/span> dead<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> displaced<\/span> millions<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> from<\/span> their<\/span> homes,<\/span> reduced<\/span> cities<\/span> to<\/span> rubble,<\/span> and<\/span> devastated<\/span> the<\/span> global<\/span> economy.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Kiev<\/span> city<\/span> said<\/span> four<\/span> people,<\/span> including<\/span> two<\/span> children,<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> 34<\/span> wounded<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> latest<\/span> Russian<\/span> attacks<\/span> around<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Russia<\/span> is<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> crush<\/span> us<\/span> and<\/span> crush<\/span> our<\/span> will,”<\/span> said<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> Interior<\/span> Minister<\/span> Igor<\/span> Klimenko.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ukraine<\/span> says<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 20<\/span> Iranian-made<\/span> Shahed<\/span> drones<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> capital.<\/span> 11<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> injured.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> 33-year-old<\/span> woman<\/span> died<\/span> on<\/span> her<\/span> balcony<\/span> after<\/span> debris<\/span> from<\/span> a<\/span> wrecked<\/span> Russian<\/span> projectile<\/span> crashed<\/span> into<\/span> a<\/span> Kiev<\/span> skyscraper,<\/span> officials<\/span> said.<\/span> Two<\/span> upper<\/span> floors<\/span> were<\/span> destroyed,<\/span> there<\/span> may<\/span> still<\/span> be<\/span> people<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> rubble,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> upper<\/span> floors<\/span> were<\/span> on<\/span> fire.<\/span> Russia<\/span> attacked<\/span> Kiev<\/span> 17<\/span> times<\/span> in<\/span> May<\/span> with<\/span> drones<\/span> and<\/span> rockets,<\/span> mostly<\/span> at<\/span> night,<\/span> apparently<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> attempt<\/span> to<\/span> demoralize<\/span> it.<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> claims<\/span> its<\/span> US-supplied<\/span> Patriot<\/span> missiles<\/span> have<\/span> achieved<\/span> 100%<\/span> interception.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Kiev<\/span> has<\/span> promised<\/span> a<\/span> counteroffensive<\/span> to<\/span> drive<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> occupiers<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> occupied<\/span> territories,<\/span> backed<\/span> by<\/span> recently<\/span> acquired<\/span> Western<\/span> weapons,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> government<\/span> is<\/span> using<\/span> this<\/span> to<\/span> “de-Nazi”<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> and<\/span> protect<\/span> the<\/span> Russian-speaking<\/span> population.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ukraine<\/span> calls<\/span> it<\/span> an<\/span> imperialist<\/span> land<\/span> grab<\/span> driven<\/span> by<\/span> Moscow’s<\/span> long<\/span> history<\/span> of<\/span> rule<\/span> and<\/span> seeking<\/span> closer<\/span> ties<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> West.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> claims<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> annexed<\/span> four<\/span> regions<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> and<\/span> southern<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> but<\/span> neither<\/span> region<\/span> is<\/span> fully<\/span> under<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> control<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> annexation<\/span> is<\/span> not<\/span> internationally<\/span> recognized.<\/span> Still,<\/span> Russian<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Mikhail<\/span> Mishustin<\/span> said<\/span> about<\/span> 1.5<\/span> million<\/span> people<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Donetsk,<\/span> Luhansk,<\/span> Zaporizhia<\/span> and<\/span> Kherson<\/span> regions<\/span> now<\/span> have<\/span> Russian<\/span> passports.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Putin<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> accused<\/span> of<\/span> war<\/span> crimes<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Criminal<\/span> Court,<\/span> and<\/span> there<\/span> is<\/span> speculation<\/span> that<\/span> Putin<\/span> may<\/span> attend<\/span> a<\/span> summit<\/span> in<\/span> South<\/span> Africa<\/span> in<\/span> August,<\/span> and<\/span> in<\/span> theory<\/span> the<\/span> authorities<\/span> will<\/span> We<\/span> will<\/span> have<\/span> to<\/span> arrest<\/span> the<\/span> president.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Asked<\/span> about<\/span> this,<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Dmitry<\/span> Peskov<\/span> said<\/span> Russia<\/span> intended<\/span> to<\/span> participate<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> BRICS<\/span> conference<\/span> “at<\/span> an<\/span> appropriate<\/span> level”<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> further<\/span> details<\/span> were<\/span> yet<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> announced.<\/span> This<\/span> group<\/span> includes<\/span> China,<\/span> Russia,<\/span> India,<\/span> Brazil<\/span> and<\/span> South<\/span> Africa.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Meanwhile,<\/span> Russia<\/span> has<\/span> “wanted”<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> commander-in-chief,<\/span> reports<\/span> RIA<\/span> news<\/span> agency.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW\/KYIV\u00a0(Reuters) – Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow\u00a0in what a Russian politician said was the deadliest attack since World War II, but Kyiv Japan also escaped from the third war in 24 years. Over the years, the air has been hit for hours. Since February 2022, when Russia sent tens of thousands of troops to other\u00a0countries, the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,276,2480,2482],"tags":[1962,5689,1963,1965,3420,4385,4387,4388,4389,4394,1225,5465,1324,5683,1394,5684,1419,5685,1761,5686,1765,5687,1951,5688],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3TPMHMX4UBJNREG5YQOFYS3J44-scaled.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7433,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7431\/revisions\/7433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}