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Two dead in Moscow as Ukraine launches massive drone attack while Russia votes

MOSCOW — 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…

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MOSCOW — 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.

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The drone strikes killed two people in the Moscow region and two more in the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, including an election official, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and election authorities. A facility at Moscow’s oil refinery, which has been targeted before, was also damaged.

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“The biggest attack by enemy drones has been repelled,” Sobyanin said on Telegram. “This unprecedented attack was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections. The enemy did not succeed.”

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram: “In the Moscow region tonight, our long-range responses hit very noticeably. One of the key enterprises of Russia’s oil industry and an aggressor logistics facility were struck.”

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He added that Moscow should “end its brutal war and choose peace.”

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The State Duma vote, the first since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine ⁠in February 2022, is expected to see the ruling United Russia party easily retain ​its…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/

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