{"id":357298,"date":"2026-08-26T04:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ukrainian-drone-attacks-on-moscow-resume-hours-after-cia-directors-visit-mayor-says"},"modified":"2026-08-26T04:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:14:18","slug":"ukrainian-drone-attacks-on-moscow-resume-hours-after-cia-directors-visit-mayor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ukrainian-drone-attacks-on-moscow-resume-hours-after-cia-directors-visit-mayor-says","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drone assaults on Moscow resume hours after CIA director&#8217;s go to, mayor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">LONDON &#8212; <\/span>Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city&#8217;s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, hours after the departure of the plane that carried <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/International\/cia-director-john-ratcliffe-moscow-meetings-sources\/story?id=135928388\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\">CIA Director John Ratcliffe<\/a> to Moscow for an unannounced visit on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ukraine agreed to a U.S. request not to launch drone or missile strikes against Moscow during Ratcliffe&#8217;s visit, a Ukrainian official told ABC News on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">At least 10 drones were shot down while flying toward Moscow, Sobyanin said in a post to Telegram in the early hours of Wednesday morning. &#8220;Emergency services specialists are working at the crash site of the debris,&#8221; the mayor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Russia&#8217;s federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsiya, reported temporary flight restrictions at three of Moscow&#8217;s four international airports &#8212; Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Vnukovo &#8212; amid the overnight attacks. Ratcliffe&#8217;s plane landed at Vnukovo on Tuesday morning and departed hours later, according to Flightradar24.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur gIjeL \" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7d9162ba-a310-43dc-b3ff-365589110d4f\/Moscow-file-DB-260826_1787731378044_hpMain.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7d9162ba-a310-43dc-b3ff-365589110d4f\/Moscow-file-DB-260826_1787731378044_hpMain.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7d9162ba-a310-43dc-b3ff-365589110d4f\/Moscow-file-DB-260826_1787731378044_hpMain.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7d9162ba-a310-43dc-b3ff-365589110d4f\/Moscow-file-DB-260826_1787731378044_hpMain.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cheboksary\" alt=\"Cheboksary\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/7d9162ba-a310-43dc-b3ff-365589110d4f\/Moscow-file-DB-260826_1787731378044_hpMain.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW aiQHS lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">This file photo shows a view of Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 24, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">Alexander Zemlianichenko\/AP Photo\/Alexander Zemlianichenk<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Flight restrictions were also introduced at airports in Kaluga, Tambov, Penza, Saratov, Saransk, Cheboksary, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Yaroslavl, Rosaviatsiya said in posts to Telegram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The drones intercepted over Moscow were among the 426 Ukrainian craft claimed shot down overnight by the Russian Defense Ministry. Drones were intercepted over 15 Russian regions and occupied Crimea, the ministry said in a post to Telegram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Among the targets hit was a Wildberries e-commerce facility in the city of Kotovsk in the Tambov region. Wildberries released a statement confirming the latest attack and said that all new shipments to the affected center had been suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Local Gov. Yevgeny Pervyshov said in a post to Telegram that the strikes &#8220;caused a fire at the Wildberries logistics center. The fire covered an area of more than 100,000 square meters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Elsewhere, Russian media reports indicated an attack on a major oil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region, in the city of Kstovoa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Regional Gov. Gleb Nikitin said in a post to Telegram that local defenses repelled an attack consisting of more than 40 drones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;One industrial facility, several residential buildings, and cars sustained damage. Specialists are working at the site where debris fell, and efforts are underway to mitigate the consequences of the incident,&#8221; Nikitin wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Ukrainian defense company Fire Point &#8212; which produces drones and cruise missiles &#8212; said in a post to Telegram that its munitions were used to attack both the Wildberries facility in Tambov and the oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In Crimea, Sevastopol Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev said that three incoming Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles were shot down over the Black Sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Local officials reported that drone attacks elsewhere in Russia killed two people and injured nine others. Both of those killed died when a drone crashed into a home in the Lipetsk region, according to local officials. Injuries were reported in Lipetsk, Belgorod, Voronezh and Tula, local authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ukraine&#8217;s air force meanwhile, said Russia launched 162 drones into the country overnight and into Wednesday morning, of which 134 were intercepted or otherwise suppressed. The air force reported confirmed hits by enemy drones in 18 locations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ukraine&#8217;s State Emergency Service said in posts to Telegram that a woman and a 4-year-old girl were killed in a Russian attack in the northern Chernihiv region, with a 14-year-old girl also injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The SES also reported Russian attacks and subsequent fires in the Sumy and Kherson regions, though said no casualties were reported in either location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><em class=\" \">ABC News&#8217; <\/em><em class=\" \">Oleksiy Pshemyskiy<\/em><em class=\" \"> cont<\/em><em class=\" \">r<\/em><em class=\" \">ibuted to this <\/em><em class=\" \">r<\/em><em class=\" \">epo<\/em><em class=\" \">r<\/em><em class=\" \">t.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/International\/ukrainian-drone-attacks-moscow-resume-hours-after-ratcliffe\/story?id=135962437\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON &#8212; Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city&#8217;s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, hours after the departure of the plane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":357301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33422,33423,2697,7411,33426,1609,24638,7089,33425,762,33424],"class_list":["post-357298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cheboksary","tag-e-commerce-facility","tag-governor","tag-john-ratcliffe","tag-kaluga","tag-mayor","tag-media-experiences","tag-moscow","tag-nizhny-novgorod","tag-official","tag-saransk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357300,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357298\/revisions\/357300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}