Drone strike hits near Moscow again, forces airport closure

These explosions in the Moscow region come after a massive drone attack the previous night, which caused loud blasts in various parts of the Moscow region, including the capital of the Russia.

According to Russian social media channels, residents of Odintsovo (the administrative center of the Odintsovo district of Moscow region) reported explosions during the night. Loud noises were also reported in the city of Aprelevka (in the Naro-Fominsk urban district of Moscow region) and in the city of Zvenigorod (also part of the Odintsovo district).

According to the Telegram channel Mash, drones were reportedly detected in the region amid the explosions, which propagandists have already definitively labeled as Ukrainian.

In addition, Rosaviatsiya announced the implementation of the so-called Carpet Plan at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, reportedly due to an aerial threat. Russian media report that 14 departing flights and 20 arriving flights were delayed.

In a Telegram post around 2 a.m., the mayor of Moscow claimed that air defense forces had allegedly repelled an attack by three UAVs that targeted the Moscow region.

He also stated that, according to preliminary information, there were no serious damages or casualties, and that emergency service specialists are working at the site where debris fell.

Later, Sobyanin added that as a result of repelling the enemy drone attack, there are no serious damages or casualties at the building on Vernadsky Avenue, according to preliminary data.

This statement from the mayor of the Russian capital came amid online reports of damage to a residential building in the Mirax Park complex in southwestern Moscow, which was allegedly hit by a drone.

Updated: Air defense action against drones over residential area

Additionally, footage has surfaced online showing a powerful explosion in Odintsovo, Moscow region, where air defense systems are intercepting drones over residential buildings.

Reports indicate that drone debris has fallen into a house's yard. There is also a video showing a strike hitting a residential building.

'Explosive Night' in Moscow and the Moscow region on May 28

On the night of May 28, explosions were heard in several cities in the Moscow region due to the operation of air defense systems amid a drone attack. Local authorities claimed that UAVs allegedly flying toward Moscow had been shot down.

Operations at several Moscow airports were suspended, including Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky. Reports of explosions came from cities such as Podolsk, Troitsk, and Ramenskoye in the Moscow region.

It was also reported that due to the large-scale drone attack, a technopark in Zelenograd, Moscow, was damaged and caught fire.

In addition, by Wednesday morning, it became known that a drone strike in the city of Dubna, Moscow region, had hit a drone manufacturing facility — the Kronshtadt plant.

By the afternoon of May 28, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that during the previous night, the Defense Forces successfully struck several important military-industrial facilities in the Moscow region, namely:

• JSC Kronshtadt in the city of Dubna (according to the General Staff, it specializes in unmanned aviation systems, including ground control complexes and drones),
• the Raduga plant in Dubna (according to RBC-Ukraine sources),
• JSC Angstrem in the Moscow region (the General Staff reported that the company develops and manufactures microelectronic component bases widely used by Russian defense enterprises),
• the Dmitrovsky plant in the Ivanovo region of the Russian Federation (this enterprise produces organic chemical substances — components for explosives and propellants, as well as additives for rocket and aviation fuels).