Ukraine launches over 1,000 drones at Russia, hitting Moscow in record wave
Ukraine carried out one of its largest drone attacks of the war, sending more than 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds aimed at Moscow, where a refinery and a residential building were damaged.
Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Russia, deploying more than 1,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, with several hundred of them directed specifically at Moscow.
Moscow's mayor described the assault as the largest drone attack the Russian capital has ever faced. He confirmed that the strikes caused damage to an oil refinery in Moscow as well as to a residential building.
Scale of the attack
The operation ranks among the most extensive drone campaigns Ukraine has conducted since the start of the full-scale war, underscoring Kyiv's growing capacity to deploy large numbers of drones simultaneously and strike deep inside Russian territory, including the capital itself. Moscow has historically been hit less frequently than border regions, making the mayor's characterization of this as an unprecedented attack notable.
Infrastructure damage
The damage to the oil refinery points to Ukraine's continued strategy of targeting Russian energy infrastructure, an approach Kyiv has used repeatedly to disrupt Russian fuel production and exports. The residential building was also damaged, though the source did not specify casualties or whether anyone was injured.
Neither Russian nor Ukrainian officials have provided further comment on the attack's consequences.
