The Aporia · Two dead in massive Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow region, oil refinery

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On Sunday, during Russia’s parliamentary elections, Ukrainian drones attacked the Moscow region and an oil refinery near the capital, resulting in two deaths. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that Russian forces had intercepted over 1,600 Ukrainian drones since Saturday, with several reaching the refinery and one striking an apartment building. The attack was described as aimed at disrupting elections but failed to do so, according to Sobyanin. Additionally, evacuations were carried out in the Ramenskoye district where a 21-story apartment block was hit, affecting 400 people including 70 children.

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On September 20, 2026, Ukraine launched what was described as the largest drone attack ever against the Russian capital, Moscow, during the final day of Russia's parliamentary elections. More than 1,600 drones were intercepted and shot down across Russia, with 450 targeting Moscow specifically. Two people were killed in the attacks: a 44-year-old woman and an elderly man, both in separate incidents in the Moscow region. Additionally, a major oil refinery near Moscow was damaged by one of the drones.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin accused Ukraine of attempting to disrupt the tightly controlled elections, which were held from September 18-20. President Vladimir Putin's ruling party is expected to maintain its dominance in the vote, reflecting his ongoing control over Russian politics since New Year’s Eve 1999.

Ukraine has been stepping up attacks on Russian energy infrastructure recently, targeting critical revenue sources for Russia's war effort in Ukraine, which entered its fifth year. The timing of these drone strikes coincided with Putin’s framing of the election as a referendum on support for his military actions.

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Two people died in one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks on the Moscow region and an oil refinery in Russia’s capital was hit, authorities said on Sunday, as Russia enters the final day of parliamentary elections. asserted

Russia → die → elections

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel that the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks had been thwarted, with Russia downing more than 1,600 drones since Saturday, including 450 headed for Moscow. asserted

Russia → say → Moscow

Several drones reached the premises of the oil refinery and one hit an apartment, Sobyanin said, adding there were no casualties in the city. “The unprecedented attack was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections,” he said. asserted

he → reach → elections

The adversary failed to achieve this.” asserted

adversary → fail → this

Reuters witnesses heard blasts in Moscow and saw plumes of smoke billowing from the site of the Moscow refinery. The scale of any damage to the facility was not immediately known. asserted

scale → hear → facility

Ukrainian strikes have knocked out a significant part of Russia’s oil refining capacity, triggering oil product shortages, fuel price increases and long queues at filling stations in many regions across the country’s 11 time zones. asserted

strikes → knock → zones

The Moscow plant, which has been targeted multiple times, processed 11.6 million metric tons of oil in 2024, producing 2.9 million tons of gasoline and 3.2 million tons of diesel, the latest available data shows. asserted

data → target → diesel

Ukraine has not commented on the attacks. asserted

Ukraine → comment → attacks

Both sides say they do not target civilians. asserted

they → say → civilians

In the wider Moscow region, in addition to the two deaths, 400 people, including 70 children, were evacuated from a 21-story apartment block in the Ramenskoye district and a number of homes were damaged, said Governor Andrei Vorobyov. asserted

Vorobyov → include → homes

Two dead in massive Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow region, oil refinery

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