Russian election enters final day after Ukraine targets Moscow in massive drone attack
Officials said more than 1,600 drones were intercepted and at least two people were killed as the strike hit a refinery and disrupted flights.
- Russia's parliamentary election entered its final day on Sunday as hundreds of drones targeted Moscow, killing at least two people and damaging a major refinery, authorities said.
- President Vladimir Putin framed the three-day vote as a test of public support for Russia's war in Ukraine, with the ruling United Russia party expected to maintain dominance.
- The vote is the first since Russia launched its full-scale war in February 2022, now in its fifth year, and includes residents of regions illegally annexed from Ukraine more than 4 1/2 years ago.
- Accusing Ukraine of attempting to interfere with the election, The Kremlin claimed the drone strikes were designed to disrupt voting. "The enemy did not succeed," officials stated on Telegram.
- The United States approved a $2.68 billion sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine on Friday, following repeated pleas from Kyiv to fend off Russian attacks.
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(Moscow=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = On the morning of the 20th (local time), the final day of the three-day general election to elect 450 new members of the Russian State Duma...
In recent days, Ukraine has attacked Russia with more than 1,000 drones. Russia accuses Ukraine of a "disruption of the election".
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Putin will use the results to convince as many people as possible that the Russian people support his war.
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GMA Filipino NewsUkraine launches biggest Moscow drone attack as Russia votes
Ukraine launched what Moscow’s mayor called the biggest drone attack yet on the Russian capital on Sunday, as Russians voted on the final day of a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine. The drone strikes killed two people in the Moscow region and […]
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