Moscow targeted by ‘massive’ Ukrainian drone attack: Mayor

Ukraine targeted Moscow with dozens of drones in a “massive” overnight attack, the city’s mayor said on Tuesday.

“The Defense Ministry’s air defense continues to repel a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow,” Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram.

“As of now, 58 enemy UAVs have already been shot down. Emergency services specialists are working at the site where debris fell,” he added in a separate post.

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The attack on the Russian capital, hundreds of kilometers from the Ukraine border, comes ahead of an expected meeting Tuesday between top US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.

Ukraine is set to present the United States with a plan for a partial cease-fire with Russia, hoping to restore support from its key benefactor, which under President Donald Trump has demanded concessions to end the three-year war.

The talks in Saudi Arabia will be the most senior since a disastrous White House meeting last month, when Trump berated Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for purported ingratitude.

Since Trump’s dressing-down of Zelenskyy, Washington has suspended military aid to Ukraine as well as intelligence sharing and access to satellite imagery in a bid to force it to the negotiating table.