Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on refinery (Photo: X/@ZelenskyyUa)
Two people were killed and 20 injured across the wider Moscow region, local governor Andrei Vorobyov said. Russia’s defense ministry said 1,100 Ukrainian drones were shot down across the country, including the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the waters of the Black Sea. Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on refinery, as part of Kyiv’s efforts to dismantle Russia’s energy infrastructure that funds its war campaigns.
Meanwhile a mother and her two children were killed in an overnight Russian drone attack near Kyiv, Ukraine’s emergency service said. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the “unprecedented attack” was an attempt to disrupt the elections. “The enemy failed in this regard,” he said, adding that 450 drones were destroyed while approaching the capital. Kyiv’s strategy is aimed at making the Russian public feel the consequences of the war and increasing pressure on President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace settlement, according to the Associated Press.
The strikes also damaged a Moscow oil refinery and a residential building. Putin has so far given no indication that he intends to halt the invasion.