Russia has foiled nighttime attacks by Ukrainian drones in the Moscow and Bryansk regions. This was stated by the Russian authorities early on Monday, August 28. Moscow's Domodedovo and Vnukovo international airports were briefly closed to departures and arrivals before resuming operations. Drone attacks against Russian territory and the Crimean peninsula annexed in 2014 have multiplied in recent weeks, targeting the Russian capital.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed at the end of July that "war is coming to the territory of Russia"
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Skirmishes between separatist militias and government forces continued in the east, while the remainder of the country prepared for presidential elections on May 25. Although voting was seriously disrupted in Luhansk and Donetsk, with pro-Russian gunmen occupying polling stations and seizing ballot boxes, turnout elsewhere in the country was strong. Ukrainian billionaire Petro Poroshenko won in a landslide, easily topping the 50 percent mark necessary to secure a victory in the first round of polling. Tymoshenko finished a distant second, with 13 percent of the vote, while candidates from the ultranationalist Svoboda and Right Sector parties received barely 1 percent.