Update on the Ukraine conflict: Moscow drone attacks continue for a second night, Kursk substation targeted | Ukraine

Ukraine launched drones over Moscow for the second consecutive night. Early Wednesday, Russian officials reported that they had to close three major airports in the capital. Mayor Sergei Sobianin mentioned that six Ukrainian drones had approached the city. One of them fell on a key highway leading into Moscow. As a result, Russian aviation authorities announced the suspension of flights at Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports.

In another development, Ukrainian forces targeted power generation equipment in the town of Lilsk in the western Kursk region of Russia. This was confirmed by the regional governor on Tuesday after a Russian war blogger shared the information. According to reports, Ukrainian forces used missiles to destroy a minefield along the Kursk border with an armored vehicle. Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein stated that two people sustained injuries during the attack, which impacted two substations and damaged two transformers, resulting in a loss of power.

The Russian military blog, Liber, noted that Ukrainian troops were preparing to move forward in Kursk, especially near the settlements of Tiotkino and Grushkovo. The Ukrainian army claimed that its forces had attacked Russian drone headquarters close to Tiotkino on Sunday. Russia reported that a Ukrainian strike in the border area near the Smie region had resulted in three fatalities. On Monday, Ukrainian prosecutors stated that Russian troops conducted fired and guided bomb attacks in two settlements near the Smie region, which left three residents dead and four others injured. Local authorities have ordered evacuations from parts of Sumy adjacent to the ongoing conflict in Kursk.