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Russia reports deadly mass drone attack on Moscow region amid parliamentary election
The Kyiv Independent • • world
Key Points:
- Moscow Oblast experienced a large-scale drone attack between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., with Russian air defenses reportedly downing 249 drones across 17 districts, according to Governor Andrei Vorobyov.
- The drone strikes coincided with the second day of Russia's three-day State Duma elections, the first parliamentary vote since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Casualties included one woman killed and five injured, including two children, after a residential building in Sofyino was hit; another man died when a drone struck a private home in a different district.
- The attacks caused fires and evacuations, including around 400 people from a 21-story building in Ramenskoye due to debris-induced fire on the roof.
- Russian aviation authorities temporarily restricted flights at Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Saratov airports citing safety concerns amid ongoing drone attacks, while the Defense Ministry claimed to have intercepted hundreds of Ukrainian drones across multiple regions.
