War in Ukraine Russia, media: "Drone attacks, Moscow airports closed"
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The so-called "Carpet" plan has been implemented, which involves the closure of all four Moscow airports - Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky - due to the threat of drone and balloon attacks. There will soon be a phone call between Putin and Trump: Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed this. The latest wave of Russian attacks has had serious repercussions on Ukrainian infrastructure. This was confirmed by Ukrainian President Zelensky
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The "Carpet" plan, which involves the closure of airports, was implemented at all four Moscow airports - Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky - due to the threat of drone and balloon attacks. The Ukrainian agency Ukrinform writes it. Local monitoring channels report that Moscow and the surrounding region are subject to attacks by drones and small balloons.
The US is trying to relaunch negotiations to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine, which in recent days has seen mutual bombings multiply and which, according to the alarm raised by Washington, risks expanding dangerously. A Ukrainian delegation is scheduled for talks Friday and Saturday in Miami with U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who traveled to Moscow and Kiev last month. While the Kremlin has announced that a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American President Donald Trump is scheduled "soon".
The latest wave of Russian attacks has had serious repercussions on Ukrainian infrastructure. This was confirmed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a post on Telegram after a coordination meeting with the military and government representatives. As part of the agreement reached between the American president, Donald Trump, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, for the supply of diesel to the US and world markets, Washington has temporarily suspended sanctions on Russian diesel.
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