{"id":26558,"date":"2026-09-20T10:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26558"},"modified":"2026-09-20T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:59:17","slug":"largest-ever-attack-on-moscow-ukraine-sends-over-1000-drones-into-russia-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26558","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Largest ever&#8217; attack on Moscow? Ukraine sends over 1,000 drones into Russia overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134367070,imgsize-39024,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/screenshot-2026-09-20-161941.jpg\" alt=\"'Largest ever' attack on Moscow? Ukraine sends over 1,000 drones into Russia overnight\" title=\"Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on refinery (Photo: X\/@ZelenskyyUa)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on refinery (Photo: X\/@ZelenskyyUa)\">Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on refinery (Photo: X\/@ZelenskyyUa)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ukraine fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds targeting Moscow, in what officials on Sunday described as the &#8220;largest ever&#8221; attack on the Russian capital.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Two people were killed and 20 injured across the wider Moscow region, local governor Andrei Vorobyov said. The strikes also damaged a Moscow oil refinery and a residential building.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Ukranian President <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> confirmed the attack on refinery, as part of Kyiv&#8217;s efforts to dismantle Russia&#8217;s energy infrastructure that funds its war campaigns.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;These are billions of dollars that sustain the war machine&#8221;, Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding that a range of missiles and drones including domestically developed Flamingo and Pelican missiles were used to hit the oil and logistics facilities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Meanwhile a mother and her two children were killed in an overnight Russian drone attack near Kyiv, Ukraine&#8217;s emergency service said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Russia\u2019s 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.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>Strikes during last day of elections<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The attacks came on the third and final day of Russian parliamentary elections.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the \u201cunprecedented attack\u201d was an attempt to disrupt the elections. &#8220;The enemy failed in this regard,&#8221; he said, adding that 450 drones were destroyed while approaching the capital.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Russia also held parliamentary voting in the four partially controlled Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia it annexed during the initial days of war. Voting was also held in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Russia annexed in 2014.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Ukraine considers the voting in the occupied territories illegal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than four years ago, Ukraine has developed increasingly advanced military drone capabilities. Kyiv has used domestically produced long-range drones, alongside missiles, to carry out strikes deep inside Russian territory. The country&#8217;s drone technology has also drawn attention from governments and defence manufacturers internationally.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>According to the Associated Press, Kyiv&#8217;s strategy is aimed at making the Russian public feel the consequences of the war and increasing pressure on President <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vladimir-putin\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> to negotiate a peace settlement. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/putin\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putin<\/a> has so far given no indication that he intends to halt the invasion.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>Instead, Russia and Ukraine have become increasingly engaged in long-range aerial strikes against each other&#8217;s territory.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>Meanwhile, fighting along the roughly 1,250 km front line in eastern and southern Ukraine has reportedly slowed, with large numbers of drones and ground robots making troop movements increasingly difficult.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/europe\/largest-ever-attack-on-moscow-ukraine-sends-over-1000-drones-into-russia-overnight\/articleshow\/134366997.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on refinery (Photo: X\/@ZelenskyyUa) Ukraine fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds targeting Moscow, in what officials on Sunday described as the &#8220;largest ever&#8221; attack on the Russian capital.Two people were killed and 20 injured across the wider Moscow region, local governor Andrei Vorobyov said. 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