Mass drone barrage on Moscow kills two
Hundreds of drones targeting Moscow and its surrounding region killed at least two people and damaged a major refinery on the final day of Russia’s parliamentary elections, the authorities said.
The capital’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that more than 1,600 drones had been intercepted and shot down, 450 of which were aimed at Moscow.
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Mass drone barrage on Moscow kills two, hit oil refinery
Flame and smoke is seen rising from Moscow’s oil refinery in the south east of the city following a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack, September 20, 2026. © UGC via AP
Smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery as seen from Dzerzhinsky in the Moscow region on September 20, 2026. © AFP
Men stand in the courtyard of a damaged multi-story residential building hit by what authorities described as a Ukrainian drone strike, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Kotelniki in the Moscow region, Russia, September, 20, 2026. © Stringer, Reuters
A view shows a damaged multi-story apartment building following a drone attack in Kotelniki in the Moscow region on September 20, 2026. © AFP
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Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds launched at Moscow
Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, officials said Sunday, including what Moscow’s mayor described as the “largest ever” attack on the Russian capital.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said that its forces shot down 1,100 Ukrainian drones across the country, as well as over the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the waters of the Black Sea.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 450 drones had been destroyed en route to the Russian capital. Some drones hit the Moscow Oil Refinery and a residential building, he said.
Russia says it struck warehouse of Ukrainian drone maker
Russia’s defence ministry said that it had struck a warehouse of Ukrainian drone and missile maker Fire Point in Kyiv region, as well as a cargo vessel in the port of Odesa and a postal logistics centre in Odesa region, which it said were used for military shipments.
Russian drone attack killed a mother and her two small children near Kyiv
A Russian drone attack killed a mother and her two 3-year-old children in Ukraine’s Kyiv region overnight, the emergency service said.
The drone strike hit a private home, the service said.
Russia has been attacking the capital Kyiv and the surrounding Kyiv region with drones continually in recent weeks.
Moscow mayor slams major drone barrage aiming to ‘disrupt’ Russia’s elections
Moscow’s mayor accused Ukraine of launching an “unprecedented” attack involving more than 1,600 drones toward Russia, with the aim of “disrupting” the country’s parliamentary elections.
Of the barrage of drones Russian air defences shot down, 450 were heading towards the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
“The unprecedented attack was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections. The enemy did not succeed,” he said on Telegram, as Russians vote on Sunday for the third and final day of the country’s first legislative elections since the Kremlin launched a large-scale offensive against Ukraine in February 2022.
Facility at Moscow oil refinery damaged in drone attack, TASS reports
A facility on the premises of the Moscow oil refinery was damaged as a result of a drone attack on the Russian capital, state news agency TASS reported on Sunday, citing Moscow’s mayor.
No casualties were reported, the report said.
Cast as test of support for Ukraine war, Russian elections enters final day
A parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine entered its third and final day on Sunday, with the ruling United Russia party expected to retain its dominance in a political system critics say does not tolerate dissent.
The State Duma vote, the first since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, is likely to be presented by the Kremlin as evidence of public backing for Putin’s policies and for the war, Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two, now in its fifth year with no sign of ending soon.
