Ukraine launched a massive wave of drone strikes overnight that forced the Crimean Bridge to close and grounded flights from Moscow.
Car traffic was suspended over the bridge connecting Crimea with mainland Russia for half an hour, Russian authorities announced, without explaining why.
Three airports in Moscow were forced to impose flight restrictions after five Ukrainian drones were shot down near the Russian capital, Russia’s state aviation watchdog reported.
Elsewhere, a fireball erupted at an oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban in Krasnodar Krai, south western Russia, in what is believed to be Ukraine’s sixth drone strike on a Russian oil facility in a week.
The wave of strikes comes on the final day of Russia’s sham presidential election, with Vladimir Putin poised to extend his near-quarter-century rule for six more years.
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