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Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official<\/a>.<\/p>\n The sprawling Defense Ministry facility, covering up to 200 hectares, is used to store and distribute military cargo for Russia\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n The reported strike comes as Moscow tightens security ahead of President Vladimir Putin\u2019s flagship Victory Day celebrations, with authorities planning internet shutdowns, airport closures, and restrictions across the capital.<\/p>\n Explosions and air defense activity were reported overnight in multiple Russian regions, including around Moscow, Bryansk, Tver, Rostov, Samara, and Tula.<\/p>\n Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said<\/a> 11 drones were shot down on approach to the capital, adding that emergency crews were working at debris impact sites. He did not mention the reported strike on the military logistics complex.<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry claimed air defenses intercepted and destroyed 347 Ukrainian drones<\/a> overnight across 20 Russian regions, occupied Crimea, and over the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas.<\/p>\n In the Bryansk region, drones hit two apartment buildings, damaging more than 20 apartments. Regional governor Alexander Bogomaz said<\/a> 13 people, including a child, were injured.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Other Topics of Interest<\/p>\n 9 May: Moscow Parade With no Tanks or Missiles<\/a><\/p>\n Russia will hold its annual military parade on 9 May commemorating the victory against Nazi Germany in 1945.<\/p>\n In the Tver region city of Rzhev, drones damaged three residential buildings, forcing the evacuation of 350 residents, including 60 children, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n The scale of the attack also disrupted Russian civil aviation. Rosaviatsia temporarily restricted operations at dozens of airports, including Moscow\u2019s Vnukovo airport and hubs in Sochi, Kazan, Samara, Krasnodar, and Nizhny Novgorod.<\/p>\n Ceasefire proposals <\/p>\n The attack came amid competing ceasefire proposals ahead of Russia\u2019s May 9 Victory Day celebrations in Moscow.<\/p>\n The Kremlin had proposed a temporary truce for May 8-9<\/a> tied to the anniversary events. President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the proposal as \u201ccynical,\u201d calling it a \u201ctheatrical performance\u201d aimed at protecting the parade and shielding Moscow from potential Ukrainian strikes.<\/p>\n Kyiv instead proposed what Zelensky described as a unilateral \u201cregime of silence<\/a>\u201d beginning May 6 to test whether Russia was serious about pursuing a genuine ceasefire.<\/p>\n According to Zelensky, Moscow ignored the offer<\/a> within hours. He said Ukrainian authorities recorded more than 1,800 strikes and attacks across several regions, including Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.<\/p>\n \u201cRussia has not stopped any type of its military activity,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n He added that Ukraine would respond \u201cmirror-like\u201d to Russian actions and would determine \u201cfully justified responses\u201d depending on developments overnight and on May 7.<\/p>\n Moscow, in response, warned foreign diplomatic missions and international organisations on Wednesday that it could launch \u201cmassive retaliatory strikes<\/a>\u201d on Kyiv, including against \u201cdecision-making centers,\u201d if Ukraine disrupts Victory Day events in Moscow.<\/p>\n![\"9](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44434fe81aa78f6fb93d3fed90b02d38.jpg\")
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