Russia's ruling pro-Putin party on track to win wartime election after drones strike Moscow
Russia's ruling party was on track to win a parliamentary election that Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine, partial results showed.
Russia's ruling United Russia party was on track to win a parliamentary election, according to partial results. The election was seen as a test of support for the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow occurred on the final day of voting, killing two people and setting an oil refinery ablaze. Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine of attempting to disrupt the democratic process and vowed to intensify its strikes on Kyiv.
The election included residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the war began, but still does not fully control. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described the drone attacks as one of the biggest, with 450 drones aimed directly at the capital.
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