Posted originally on CTH onMarch 14, 2025 | Sundance

Just as Trump envoy Steve Witkoff departed Vnukovo airport, near Moscow, a series of inbound drone strikes from Ukraine (EU/NATO/UK) hit the area.  The airport was closed immediately following Witkoff departure.

This timed and targeted drone strike is yet another example of Ukraine/NATO/EU/UK provoking and antagonizing Russia as President Trump tries to assemble the outlines of a ceasefire.  This is the 3rd coordinated attack on Russia timed to coincide with President Trump’s team meeting with Russian and/or Ukranian officials.

Fortunately, Steve Witkoff was already exiting the airspace as inbound drones began hitting their targets.

The inbound drones in combination with the outbound Witkoff flight likely complicated the use of Russian air defenses.  The NATO team within Ukraine are playing with fire.

CTH ignores the western media reporting as we await President Trump and Steve Witkoff’s statements on the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Obviously, the U.S. team must be noticing the timing of the NATO attacks as they relate to the ongoing effort toward peace.

(VIA MSM) – Ukraine staged major drone strikes on Russian capital Moscow soon after accusing Vladimir Putin of seeking to thwart Donald Trump’s ceasefire demand.

A major oil refinery was also hit in a strike, triggering ten explosions followed by a massive inferno – just 55 miles from Putin’s £1 billion clifftop palace on the Black Sea.

Vnukovo airport – used by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to leave Moscow after meeting Putin and his top officials – was closed.

It was the second major Ukrainian attack on Moscow in three days, and appeared to be a direct response to Putin setting multiple conditions for any ceasefire.

The inferno at Tuapse Oil Refinery came after ten deafening explosions, thought to be orchestrated by drones.

Huge flames and thick black smoke rose after the strike and the fire spread quickly. More than 120 firefighters fought the blaze.

Krasnodar regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said: ‘The Kyiv regime attacked the oil complex in Tuapse. One of the gasoline tanks caught fire.’

Moscow was also rocked by drone strikes, causing car alarms to go off ‘en masse’, according to an eyewitness.

The strikes were close to Putin’s usual highway route from his official residence in Moscow to the Kremlin.

Another strike was close to a metro station, with further ones damaging roofs and windows of residential buildings. (more)

Starmer: “wait, Emmanuel, you’re going to do this while Witkoff is there?”

Macron: “Listen you little shit, he just put Tariffs on my wine. You want the money or not?”

Zelenskyy: “Eh, ok, ok, but this one is all you Frenchie.”