Ukraine launches heavy Moscow drone attack as Russia votes

Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale drone attack on Moscow overnight, targeting the city's oil refinery and logistics facilities. According to Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, the attack was the largest ever on the Russian capital, with damage reported to a Moscow oil refinery and a residential building.

The attack, which occurred on the last day of Russia's parliamentary elections, resulted in two deaths and 20 injuries in the Moscow region, according to local Governor Andrei Vorobyov. The dead were a 74-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman. Vorobyov also reported that 249 drones had been shot down, with fires in several residential houses and a local warehouse ablaze. In contrast, CBS News reported over 1,000 drones were fired.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the attacks were carried out using a range of Ukrainian long-range weapons, targeting infrastructure that generates revenue for Russia's war effort. The Moscow Oil Refinery, operated by Gazprom Neft, was among the facilities hit, with an object at the refinery damaged, according to Sobyanin. The ruling United Russia party is expected to retain its dominance in the Russian parliament, according to CNBC World.

Brief written by urgent.news from CNBC World, CBS News, Euromaidan Press, People Daily Kenya, Politico EU — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.