The wider Moscow region was pummelled by a series of drone attacks overnight. Images circulating on the social media platform Telegram show a huge column of thick smoke rising from the Elma technopark in Zelenograd,

Overnight on May 28, explosions were heard in several towns in the Moscow region as air defense systems operated against drones flying toward the Russian capital. Operations at Moscow airports were temporarily suspended,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Tuesday that Moscow will retaliate for recent Ukrainian drone attacks on targets inside Russia. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised Kyiv's own “symmetrical response” should Russian attacks continue.

Just hours after Donald Trump warned Vladimir Putin against "playing with fire," Russia reported a massive Ukrainian drone attack targeting Moscow and multiple regions. The Russian Defence Ministry said it intercepted 112 drones in a coordinated strike that hit six regions,

Elma Technopark is called Russia's "Silicon Valley" because of the concentration of high-tech companies. Companies working in the field of micro- and radio electronics, information technologies, additive manufacturing (3D printing), optical and instrumentation, robotics and neurotechnology are concentrated here.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again appealed to the U.S. to apply more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin in pursuit of peace talks to end Moscow's war.

Moscow, which has repeatedly rejected proposals from Kyiv and its Western allies for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, fired hundreds of drones at Ukraine between late Friday and early Monday, killing more than a dozen people and saturating the country's air defences.