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Ukraine Shoots Down Most Drones in New Barrage as Moscow Tower Is Hit

The exchange shows the air war stretching from front lines to oil ports to major cities.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s Air Force, which reported a new wave starting Sunday evening, said it downed or neutralized 135 of 155 attack drones by Monday morning.
  • Following Sunday’s daytime assault, officials said defenses intercepted 175 drones and five missiles after Russia used two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, five Kh-59/69 guided missiles, and 234 strike drones.
  • Regional authorities reported one person killed and at least 25 injured in Dnipropetrovsk and nine injured in Zaporizhzhia as strikes damaged apartments, a university building, a gas station, and vehicles including a bus carrying children.
  • Moscow’s mayor said a drone hit a high-rise on Mosfilmovskaya Street with no casualties reported, a rare strike near the city center days before the May 9 Victory Day parade.
  • President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces struck Russian energy and naval targets, including oil tankers, a corvette, and a patrol boat at Primorsk and near Novorossiysk, aiming to curb revenue that helps fund Russia’s war.