Russian officials said more than 650 Ukrainian drones were directed toward Moscow and the surrounding region overnight on October 6, killing two people and injuring at least seven others in one of the largest reported attacks of the war.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said most of the drones were intercepted. Moscow regional governor Andrei Vorobyov said 185 drones were destroyed or suppressed over the region, while 47 houses, four apartments and three vehicles were damaged.
The dead were identified by Russian officials as a 71-year-old man pulled from the rubble of a house and a 20-year-old man found in a nearby village. Authorities also reported power disruptions around Domodedovo and temporary restrictions at Moscow-area airports.
Fuel Depot Strike Remains Unconfirmed
Russian military bloggers said the Volodarskaya oil storage and distribution facility, a major hub linked to the Transneft system and Moscow’s airports, was hit. Russian authorities did not officially confirm damage to the facility, and independently verifiable evidence was not immediately available.
Russia’s Defense Ministry separately claimed that nearly 900 drones were intercepted over Russian regions, occupied Crimea and the Sea of Azov. The figures could not be independently verified, and Ukraine had not publicly commented on the operation at the time of publication.
The report was verified against Reuters and The Associated Press. Read the original Russian-language report on Vesti Baku.