{"id":1919630,"date":"2026-05-05T14:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1919630"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:29:07","slug":"ukraine-strikes-russian-military-facility-more-than-1000-kilometres-into-moscows-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1919630","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine strikes Russian military facility more than 1,000 kilometres into Moscow&#8217;s territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/74\/76\/42\/1200x675_cmsv2_b9ef9d61-dc1e-5e5f-a6c7-33a55d0e21ce-9747642.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2891494-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2891494\" data-cid=\"9747972\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2891494-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Ukraine strikes Russian military facility more than 1,000 kilometres into Moscow&#8217;s territory<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/74\/76\/42\/1536x864_cmsv2_b9ef9d61-dc1e-5e5f-a6c7-33a55d0e21ce-9747642.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Flamingo missiles are seen at Fire Point's secret factory in Ukraine on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Flamingo missiles are seen at Fire Point&#8217;s secret factory in Ukraine on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspSasha Vakulina\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1777991347\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-05-05 16:29:07 +02:00\">05\/05\/2026 &#8211; 16:29 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center 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class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Ukraine launched a long-range strike against Russia\u2019s military site over 1,000 km from its border, just days before Moscow\u2019s Victory Day parade.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Ukraine struck a critically important military-industrial complex in Russia on Tuesday, just days before the Kremlin\u2019s Victory Day parade on 9 May.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published a video of launches of domestically-made Flamingo cruise missiles, which he said covered a distance of more than 1,500km to strike a facility in Cheboksary in the Russian Federation&#8217;s Chuvash Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The facility in question is a Russian state institute that produces components for high-precision weapons used by Moscow to attack Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The struck military production facility manufactured relay protection systems, automation equipment, and low-voltage apparatus,&#8221; Zelenskyy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia must end its war and move to real diplomacy. We have made our proposal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy announced on Monday that Ukraine is declaring a ceasefire beginning at midnight on Wednesday. The proposal came in response to Russia\u2019s unilateral declaration of a ceasefire for its Victory Day parade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that human life is far more valuable than any anniversary \u2018celebration\u2019,\u201d Zelenskyy said, referring to Russia\u2019s upcoming 9 May commemorations.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that the timeframe of the proposed truce at midnight on the night of 5\u20136 May would be enough to test whether a genuine pause in fighting could be respected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will act reciprocally starting from that moment,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is time for Russian leaders to take real steps to end their war, especially since Russia\u2019s defence ministry believes it cannot hold a parade in Moscow without Ukraine\u2019s goodwill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Victory Day blackout<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Russia has reportedly started cutting off mobile internet services to many users starting from Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Russian banks, including the country\u2019s largest, Sberbank, also cautioned that there could be issues with mobile internet and cash withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>This year the parade in Moscow will also be significantly scaled back, according to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>It would not feature military vehicles or cadets due to what the Kremlin described as &#8220;current operational situation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll measures are being taken to minimise the danger,&#8221; Putin&#8217;s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said earlier as he referred to what Moscow called a \u201cterrorist threat\u201d from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the parade is scaled down is seen as an important indicator of the situation in Russia\u2019s military and of personnel and equipment shortages.<\/p>\n<p>The US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank assessed that in April, Russian forces lost territory they occupied in Ukraine for the first time in over a year and a half.<\/p>\n<p>The ISW said it has evidence that Moscow lost control of 116 square kilometres over the course of last month.<\/p>\n<p>The think tank explained that the Russian rate of advance across the battlefield has been steadily declining since November 2025,&#8221; as continued Ukrainian ground counterattacks and mid-range strikes, the February block on Russia\u2019s use of Starlink terminals in Ukraine, and the Kremlin\u2019s throttling of Telegram have exacerbated existing problems within the Russian military.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read 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fuel crisis: Airlines cut 13,000 flights and two million seats<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Ukraine struck a critically important military-industrial complex in Russia on Tuesday, just days before the Kremlin\u2019s Victory Day parade on 9 May.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u00a0published a video\u00a0of launches of domestically-made Flamingo cruise missiles, which he said covered a distance of more than 1,500km to strike a facility in Cheboksary in the Russian Federation&#8217;s Chuvash Republic.The facility in question is a Russian state institute that produces components for high-precision weapons used by Moscow to attack Ukraine.&#8221;The struck military production facility manufactured relay protection systems, automation equipment, and low-voltage apparatus,&#8221; Zelenskyy wrote.&#8221;Russia must end its war and move to real diplomacy. We have made our proposal.&#8221;Zelenskyy announced on Monday that Ukraine is declaring a ceasefire beginning at midnight on Wednesday. The proposal came in response to Russia\u2019s unilateral declaration of a ceasefire for its Victory Day parade.\u201cWe believe that human life is far more valuable than any anniversary \u2018celebration\u2019,\u201d Zelenskyy said, referring to Russia\u2019s upcoming 9 May commemorations.He warned that the timeframe of the proposed truce at midnight on the night of 5\u20136 May would be enough to test whether a genuine pause in fighting could be respected.\u201cWe will act reciprocally starting from that moment,\u201d Zelenskyy said.&#8221;It is time for Russian leaders to take real steps to end their war, especially since Russia\u2019s defence ministry believes it cannot hold a parade in Moscow without Ukraine\u2019s goodwill.&#8221;Victory Day blackoutRussia has reportedly started cutting off mobile internet services to many users starting from Tuesday.Russian banks, including the country\u2019s largest, Sberbank, also cautioned that there could be issues with mobile internet and cash withdrawals.This year the parade in Moscow will also be significantly scaled back, according to the Kremlin.It would not feature military vehicles or cadets due to what the Kremlin described as &#8220;current operational situation\u201d.\u201cAll measures are being taken to minimise the danger,&#8221; Putin&#8217;s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said earlier as he referred to what Moscow called a \u201cterrorist threat\u201d from Ukraine.The fact that the parade is scaled down is seen as an important indicator of the situation in Russia\u2019s military and of personnel and equipment shortages.The US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank assessed that in April, Russian forces lost territory they occupied in Ukraine for the first time in over a year and a half.The ISW said it has evidence that Moscow lost control of 116 square kilometres over the course of last month.The think tank explained that the Russian rate of advance across the battlefield has been steadily declining since November 2025,&#8221; as continued Ukrainian ground counterattacks and mid-range strikes, the February block on Russia\u2019s use of Starlink terminals in Ukraine, and the Kremlin\u2019s throttling of Telegram have exacerbated existing problems within the Russian military.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/05\/05\/ukraine-strikes-russian-military-facility-more-than-1000-kilometres-into-moscows-territory&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/74\/76\/42\/1200x675_cmsv2_b9ef9d61-dc1e-5e5f-a6c7-33a55d0e21ce-9747642.jpg&#8221;] Health news Hantavirus ship evacuees to be taken to Netherlands, operator says United Arab Emirates Gulf braces itself for potential escalation with Iran Europe News Portugal arrests further 15 police officers in rape and torture probe Ukraine Russia strikes Ukraine as Zelenskyy denounces Moscow&#8217;s &#8216;cynicism&#8217; Health news Hantavirus ship evacuees to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-1919630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1919630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1919630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1919630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1919630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}