Key facts
- Russia claimed to have intercepted 249 drones targeting Moscow and other regions.
- Two people died and six were injured in Ukrainian drone attacks in the Moscow region.
- An oil refinery in Moscow was hit and damaged by a drone.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that 152 drones heading for Moscow were shot down.
- Flight restrictions were in place at Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports in Moscow.
- Seven people, including two children, were killed in Russian attacks in Ukraine's Kyiv and Sumy regions on Saturday.
Russia claimed on Sunday to have intercepted dozens of Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and other regions, with authorities reporting two deaths in the Moscow region and damage to an oil refinery in the capital. The attacks occurred on the final day of parliamentary elections.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that Russia downed more than 1,600 drones since Saturday, including 450 headed for Moscow. He said several drones reached the oil refinery and one hit an apartment, but there were no casualties in the city. Sobyanin described the attack as "unprecedented" and clearly planned to disrupt the elections, but said the "adversary failed to achieve this."
In the wider Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyev reported that in addition to the two deaths, 400 people, including 70 children, were evacuated from a 21-storey apartment block in the Ramenskoye district, and several homes were damaged. Videos purportedly showing explosions and a burning warehouse in the Moscow region have not been verified.
Earlier, a Ukrainian official stated that seven people, including two children, died in Russian attacks in the Kyiv and Sumy regions on Saturday. A mother and her two children were killed in a Russian attack in Fastiv, Kyiv region, and several houses were damaged. In the Sumy region, four people died when a Russian drone hit their car.
Russia and Ukraine have continued attacks on each other's energy infrastructure. Flight restrictions were in place at Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports in Moscow, with Vnukovo halting all arrivals and departures.