"Russia's 'Farce' Elections in Ukraine: Live Updates on the War"
All four major Moscow-area airports were temporarily shut down and flights were canceled or delayed after drones were shot down nearby. The Russian Defense Ministry blamed Ukraine for the "terrorist attack." Meanwhile, Russia is holding "farce" elections in occupied territories of Ukraine, tightening its grip on the land it seized during the war. The British Defense Ministry criticized the lack of qualified and independent candidates, calling the elections neither free nor fair. Ukraine's defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, has been removed from his post as part of a shakeup in Kyiv's war effort, while a businessman from Russian-occupied Crimea is expected to be appointed as his replacement.