Massive Ukrainian Drone Attack on Moscow Kills Two

At Least Two People Have Been Killed in an Overnight Ukrainian Drone Attack on Moscow Region, Russian authorities said, as Moscow reported hundreds of drones were downed and damage was seen at an oil facility.

Governor Andrei Vorobyev said the attack began overnight and left two people dead and six others injured. He said a 44-year-old woman was killed in Sofyino after a drone struck a three-storey residential building. Another five people, including two children, were hurt in the same district, he added.

Vorobyev also said an elderly man died after a private house was hit in the Orekhovo-Zuevo district.

Drones Downed as Oil Refinery Hit

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 450 drones heading towards the capital were shot down. He described the attack as unprecedented.

Sobyanin said an oil refinery was damaged and several homes caught fire. He also said a drone struck a building near one of the capital’s boulevards and that damage at an oil refinery was caused during what he described as an attempt to disrupt Russia’s parliamentary election.

Zelensky confirmed that Kyiv had targeted what he called a “key” Russian oil facility and a logistics site in the region. He said the strikes represented “billions of dollars” that sustain the war effort, according to his remarks.

Unverified videos shared on social media appeared to show explosions over the night sky above Moscow and a burning warehouse. The BBC said the footage had not been verified.

Kyiv And Sumy Deaths Reported

Ukrainian officials said Russian strikes on Saturday killed eight people, including three children, in the Kyiv and Sumy regions.

In Kyiv region, the regional head Tymur Tkachenko said a mother and her two small children—a boy and a girl—were killed in Fastiv. Tkachenko later said a child injured in a separate attack in Vyshhorod, north of Kyiv, died in hospital.

In the north-eastern Sumy region, Oleh Hryhorov said four people were killed when a Russian drone hit the car they were travelling in.

Russia and Ukraine have recently increased strikes, targeting energy-generating and transport sites as well as logistics hubs, with the focus on sustaining supply routes and electricity.

Airports, Elections And Further Reports

Sobyanin and Vorobyev’s accounts came as Moscow said disruptions followed the drone attack.

Sheremetyevo, the capital’s largest airport, warned passengers that “temporary restrictions” were in place overnight. At Vnukovo, all arrivals and departures were halted. Restrictions at both airports were lifted by Sunday morning, but both said some flights may still be delayed.

The attack also coincided with voting in Russia’s parliamentary election. Sunday was the third day of polling, which critics say is neither free, fair nor transparent.

Russian state media reported that an election official was among two people killed after a drone attack on a bus in a Moscow-controlled area of Kherson in Ukraine, citing the head of Russia’s election commission.

US Sanctions Amid Energy Strike Claims

The drone attack comes against the backdrop of continuing strikes on energy infrastructure over recent days, despite US President Donald Trump posting that Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to target such sites.

Trump signed a sanctions bill on Friday aimed at Russia’s economy by setting tariffs on the country’s biggest oil and gas buyers, including China and India. The legislation gives the US president powers to impose 100% tariffs on major purchasers of Russian energy.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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20 September 2026

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