Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 450 Ukrainian drones were shot down in what he described as the most massive attack on the capital. The barrage caused the city’s main oil refinery – which supplies more than a third of the Moscow region’s fuel – to catch fire, and a residential building in the Sofyino district was also hit, killing a 44‑year‑old woman and an elderly man in separate incidents. The regional governor, Andrei Vorobyev, reported at least two deaths and 20 injuries overall.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that drones and missiles had struck a key Russian oil facility and a logistics site, describing the targets as "billions of dollars that sustain the war machine". Ukraine’s defence minister said such attacks directly undermine Russia’s ability to continue its war of aggression. The strike came as Russia’s parliamentary election entered its third day, with Sobyanin saying the raid was an attempt to disrupt the vote, which critics say lacks transparency.
Moscow’s two main airports faced temporary restrictions after the attack: Sheremetyevo imposed limited passenger measures and Vnukovo halted all arrivals and departures overnight, with both lifting most limits by Sunday morning. In the wider region, a drone hit a three‑storey block in Sofyino and another struck a private house in Orekhovo‑Zuevo, causing further casualties. Russian officials also reported civilian deaths in Kyiv and Sumy from separate attacks, underscoring the heightened intensity of strikes on both sides.
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