Ukraine launches largest drone attack against Moscow on election day

In the early hours of this Sunday, Ukraine launched the largest drone attack against Moscow and its region, leaving at least two dead and six injured – including two minors – and damaging an oil refinery in the city. The mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sonianin, has assessed that this "unprecedented" attack has been "clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections", which began on Friday and which this Sunday coincide with the main day of the parliamentary elections in Russia. "The enemy failed," Sobianin said.

According to the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Voroviov, the fatalities are a 44-year-old woman and an elderly man who were in their homes when they were attacked by drones.

According to the mayor of Moscow, more than 1,600 drones have been shot down since Saturday in the vicinity of the capital, "including 450 that were approaching Moscow." "The largest enemy drone attack ever perpetrated against Moscow has been repelled," Sobianin wrote on social media.

Sobianin has confirmed that, despite the deployment of defensive systems, the impact of the projectiles and the fall of debris have caused damage to a sector of the oil refinery, while another drone hit a residential building. "The largest attack with enemy drones ever perpetrated against Moscow has been repelled," the Moscow councilor wrote on social networks.

Likewise, it has reported that the rescue and fire services have continued to be deployed during Sunday morning on the perimeter of the industrial complex and in the different parts of the city affected by the fall of the remains of intercepted drones.