{"id":256497,"date":"2025-03-11T09:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/ukraine-bombards-russia-forcing-moscow-airports-to-close\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:05:07","slug":"ukraine-bombards-russia-forcing-moscow-airports-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/ukraine-bombards-russia-forcing-moscow-airports-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Bombards Russia, Forcing Moscow Airports to Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/11\/multimedia\/11int-ukraine-strikes-czbm\/11int-ukraine-strikes-czbm-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ukraine Bombards Russia, Forcing Moscow Airports to Close\" title=\"Ukraine Bombards Russia, Forcing Moscow Airports to Close\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine unleashed one of its largest long-range drone bombardments of the war before dawn on Tuesday at targets across Russia, including dozens of strikes directed at the Moscow region, as both sides stepped up attacks ahead of talks intended to end three years of fighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have shot down 337 drones, with at least 91 sent toward the capital and the region around it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Moscow\u2019s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said the attack was the largest against the city since the start of the war. At least two people were killed and 14 more were injured, the Russian authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Moscow, at least one residential building was damaged, with its roof charred, after a drone explosion. All four international airports, serving a metropolitan area of 21 million, were forced to suspend operations temporarily because of the attack, the country\u2019s aviation watchdog said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine has proposed an immediate truce in the air, saying it would immediately stop long-range strikes into Russia if Moscow agreed to an equivalent halt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That plan, supported by European nations, including France, is envisioned as a first step in building trust ahead of talks about the overall conflict, in which <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/03\/03\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-war-drones-deaths.html\" title=\"\">over a million Ukrainian and Russian soldiers have been killed or injured<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">High-level delegations from Ukraine and the United States were <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/world\/europe\/ukraine-us-saudi-cease-fire-talks.html\" title=\"\">scheduled to begin meeting in Saudi Arabia<\/a> at noon on Tuesday to discuss a possible path the ending the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to a partial truce in the air, Ukraine was also expected to press the case for a halt to strikes on the Black Sea, as a way to gauge whether Moscow was willing to take any steps to end the fighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The predawn strikes appeared to be designed as a reminder that Ukraine, despite suffering brutal attacks and enduring huge losses, continues to expand its capacity to hit back at Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine plans to produce 30,000 long-range strike drones and 3,000 long-range missiles this year, building its domestic arms-making abilities even as U.S. military assistance remains suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russia has maintained its relentless bombardment of Ukrainian civilian and military institutions over the course of the war. Nearly every night in recent weeks, Russia has launched over 100 drones at targets across Ukraine, including at Kyiv, the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The assaults frequently include a combination of ballistic and cruise missiles in an effort to saturate Ukrainian air defenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Ukrainian Air Force said that the latest attack overnight Monday and into Tuesday morning from Russia included 126 drones and one ballistic missile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Explosions echoed across Kyiv around midnight as air defense teams scrambled, and the Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down or disabled most of the drones as well as the missile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since President Trump spoke by telephone with President Vladimir V. Putin on Feb. 12 \u2014 the first official contact between the heads of state for the United States and Russia in years \u2014 more than 100 civilians have been killed in Russian strikes, according to data compiled by The New York Times based on reports from Ukrainian authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The intensifying strikes have been accompanied by shifting dynamics on the front line, with Russian forces, assisted by thousands of North Korean soldiers, retaking a large part of the territory in Russia\u2019s Kursk region that had been occupied by Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Kyiv had hoped to use its control of that swath of land as leverage in any negotiations to end the war, but the recent developments may have changed that calculus, because the cost of holding the territory could outweigh any diplomatic gain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With the Ukrainian salient in Kursk now collapsed to an area around Sudzha, about six miles across the border, and its supply lines under constant attack, their hold on the area is increasingly precarious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The top Ukrainian military commander, Oleksandr Syrsky, said on Monday night that Kyiv was dispatching reinforcements. He rejected Russian claims that a large contingent of Ukrainian soldiers were at risk of encirclement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cA decision was made to reinforce our group with the necessary forces and resources, including electronic warfare and drones,\u201d he said. \u201cCurrently, there is no threat of encirclement of our units in the Kursk region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the same time, there are signs that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/10\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-eastern-front-line.html\" title=\"\">the Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine has stalled<\/a>. Russia has gained almost no ground for over a week and Ukrainian forces have engaged in limited counterattacks to regain small patches of land, according to Ukrainian soldiers and military analysts who use combat footage to track the daily movements along the front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Moscow, railway tracks near the Domodedovo airport south of Moscow were damaged, leading to a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/mzd_rzd\/2108\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">suspension<\/a> of train service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least 20 cars were burned at a parking lot in the nearby town of Domodedovo, according to Andrei Vorobyev, the region\u2019s governor, who issued <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/vorobiev_live\/8475\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A 38-year-old security guard died on site because of the attack, Mr. Vorobyev said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-moscow-war-drones.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine unleashed one of its largest long-range drone bombardments of the war before dawn on Tuesday at targets across Russia, including dozens of strikes directed at the Moscow region, as both sides stepped up attacks ahead of talks intended to end three years of fighting. 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