Video: Explosions heard again in Moscow – a fire broke out near the Cherkizovskaya metro station
Throughout Sunday, May 17, new explosions were reported in Moscow and its suburbs. According to local Telegram channels, a major fire broke out at a construction site near the Cherkizovskaya metro station. Local residents also reported air defense systems in operation amid drone attacks.
Explosions were heard, in particular, near the village of Glukhovo—within the Krasnogorsk urban district of the Moscow Region. The village is located just 8 km from the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD).
A major fire also broke out at a construction site near the Cherkizovskaya metro station in Moscow. Due to the incident, the causes of which are not officially linked to a drone attack, traffic has been blocked on the Russian capital’s expressway—the Northeast Chord.
“The circumstances of the incident and information about the victims are being clarified. Please use alternate routes,” reads a statement from the Moscow government’s Department of Transportation.
On the night of May 17, a number of military-industrial complex and energy facilities in Moscow and the Moscow region were struck. Strikes were carried out on an oil depot in Durikino, an oil refinery in Kapotnya, the Angstrom microelectronics plant, and the Raduga Design Bureau, which develops cruise missiles.
On the morning of May 16, Moscow also came under attack by drones, causing airports in the Russian capital to temporarily suspend operations.
The “ATESH” partisan movement claimed responsibility for a sabotage operation in the Moscow region, which disrupted the functioning of elements of the Russian air defense system on the outskirts of the capital.
