Ukraine Strikes Moscow with Massive Drone Attack, Russian Officials Say
Russian officials said 650 drones were launched and 185 were intercepted, as attacks on oil infrastructure prompted tighter security around refineries.
- On Monday, Oct. 5, Ukrainian forces launched a massive overnight drone campaign toward Moscow, with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reporting that 650 drones were dispatched against the region.
- Ukraine has increasingly targeted Russia's oil infrastructure, a key source of revenue for Moscow and critical to the country's fuel supply system, escalating the ongoing military campaign.
- A 20-year-old resident of Radumlya died during the attacks, while Moscow Oblast Governor Andrei Vorobyov reported six people injured and damage to 10 private homes, outbuildings, and two cars across multiple municipalities.
- One apparent target was the Volodarskaya Line Production and Dispatch Station, a major oil depot supplying fuel to three Moscow airports, while air defenses destroyed 105 drones on approach to Moscow.
- Moscow Oblast Governor Andrei Vorobyov said air defense forces and electronic warfare systems destroyed 185 Ukrainian drones over the Moscow region overnight, reflecting the intensity of the ongoing air campaign.
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A massive attack with 650 drones reached Moscow at night, where a man died on the periphery of the capital, the Russian authorities reported on Tuesday. According to the Russian state news agency Tass, this is the second largest attack with these unmanned aircraft in the last two years against the Moscow region, located hundreds of kilometers from the border with Ukraine. The target, according to war monitoring channels, is an important oil faci…
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Moscow and the surrounding region were targeted, on the night of Mondays to Tuesdays, by a Ukrainian attack in which approximately 650 drones were used, according to the local authorities, quoted by AFP. Also, an oil plant about 40 kilometers from Moscow was hit, tell eyewitnesses quoted by Kyiv Independent.
Ukrainian drones strike major Moscow-region oil hub, triggering fire
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Ukrainian drones struck the Volodarskaya oil products storage and distribution facility in the Moscow region, triggering a fire during a large overnight drone attack on Russia. The facility is one of the largest oil-product hubs serving the Moscow region and handles gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. Reports and geolocated footage indicate t…
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