RismadarVoice Reporters
September 20, 2026
At least two people have been killed and six others injured after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted Moscow and its surrounding region, Russian authorities said on Sunday.
The assault also damaged a facility at the Moscow Oil Refinery, as Russia entered the final day of its parliamentary elections.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian forces had intercepted more than 1,600 drones since Saturday, including about 450 approaching Moscow. The figures were provided by Russian authorities and have not been independently verified.
Several drones nevertheless reached the refinery, while another struck a residential building, according to Sobyanin. The extent of damage at the refinery was not immediately clear.
TWO DEAD IN MOSCOW REGION
Moscow regional Governor Andrey Vorobyov said a 44-year-old woman and an elderly man were killed in separate locations during the attacks.
Authorities also evacuated about 400 people, including 70 children, from a 21-storey residential building in the Ramenskoye district after it was affected during the attack. Several homes were also reported damaged.
Sobyanin described the assault as an attempt to interfere with Russia’s parliamentary elections. Ukraine had not publicly commented on that allegation at the time of reporting, and the claim about the purpose of the attack has not been independently established.
The attack came as Russia held the final day of its first parliamentary elections since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Voting has also been organised by Moscow in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, which Kyiv rejects as illegitimate.
RUSSIA, UKRAINE CONTINUE CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS
Ukraine has intensified long-range attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, while Russia has continued extensive aerial attacks against targets across Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities said Russia launched 138 drones across Ukraine overnight, with Ukrainian air defences reporting that 101 were intercepted or neutralised.
The latest exchanges came despite an announcement earlier in the week by US President Donald Trump that Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to stop targeting each other’s energy facilities. Subsequent attacks indicate that strikes on energy infrastructure have continued.
The full scale of damage from Sunday’s attack and the total number of drones that reached their intended targets remained unclear.
