{
  "id": 8652186,
  "title": "Moscow faces 'largest ever' attack as Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/moscow-faces-largest-ever-attack-as-ukraine-fires-over-1-000-drones",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T09:06:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-moscow-election/107174326"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Moscow faces the largest ever attack as Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones, according to reports from Russian officials. Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed to have successfully shot down 1,100 Ukrainian drones across the nation on Sunday, with 450 of those destroyed en route to Moscow. An oil refinery and a residential building were targeted, causing damage to key infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the strike on the oil refinery, stating that one of Russia's pivotal oil industry facilities and the aggressor's logistics facility were hit. These facilities, valued in the billions of dollars, are crucial to sustaining Russia's war effort. The major attack transpired during the final day of Russia's first wartime parliamentary election, which Putin's regime is using to solidify its dominance. Russia conducted voting in four Ukrainian regions that it annexed after the war began, but has limited control over, including Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, attributed the unprecedented attack to an attempt to disrupt the elections. However, this claim was met with skepticism. The head of Russia's election commission reported that a drone attack on a civilian bus resulted in two casualties, including an election official, in a Russian-controlled part of the Kherson region.",
  "summary": "The attack comes as Russia enters the third and final day of voting in its first wartime parliamentary election.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 11,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Russian election, cast as test of support for Ukraine war, enters final day",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/russian-election-cast-as-test-of-support-for-ukraine-war-enters-final",
        "published": "2026-09-20T04:20:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Live: Russian election enters final day in shadow of war in Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/live-russian-election-enters-final-day-in-shadow-of-war-in-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-09-20T05:16:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Moscow Times",
        "title": "Russian Election, Cast as Test of Support for Ukraine War, Enters Final Day",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/russian-election-cast-as-test-of-support-for-ukraine-war-enters-final-8637448",
        "published": "2026-09-20T07:10:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Ukraine pummels Moscow with drones on last day of Russian election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/ukraine-pummels-moscow-with-drones-on-last-day-of-russian-election",
        "published": "2026-09-20T07:17:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Russian election enters final day after Ukraine targets Moscow in massive drone attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/russian-election-enters-final-day-after-ukraine-targets-moscow-in",
        "published": "2026-09-20T08:07:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Russian election enters final day amid Ukraine war tensions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/russian-election-enters-final-day-amid-ukraine-war-tensions",
        "published": "2026-09-20T08:08:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "2 killed after Ukraine hits refinery in Moscow; Russia alleges election interference",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/2-killed-after-ukraine-hits-refinery-in-moscow-russia-alleges",
        "published": "2026-09-20T08:17:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Kosiniak-Kamysz says Russian drones could reach Poland if Ukraine lacks interceptors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/kosiniak-kamysz-says-russian-drones-could-reach-poland-if-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-09-20T08:43:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Hundreds of drones target Moscow, killing at least two",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/hundreds-of-drones-target-moscow-killing-at-least-two",
        "published": "2026-09-20T08:51:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Drones hit Moscow as Russians go to the polls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/drones-hit-moscow-as-russians-go-to-the-polls",
        "published": "2026-09-20T09:19:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}