Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses destroyed 556 Ukrainian drones overnight Sunday in one of the largest assaults on the Moscow area in over a year, a strike that left at least three people dead near the capital and one in Belgorod.
- Moscow officials reported 12 injuries near the city’s oil refinery and said the plant kept running, with debris also falling at Sheremetyevo Airport and on homes in Khimki and Mytishchi.
- The Indian embassy in Moscow said one Indian citizen was killed and three were injured in the Moscow region during the attacks.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the operation justified retaliation and highlighted Ukraine’s drones reaching targets more than 500 kilometers inside Russia.
- Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 287 drones against Ukraine over the same night, most of which it reported shooting down or jamming, underscoring a widening drone war that is raising risks for civilians far from the front.