Large-scale Ukrainian drone attack kills three in Moscow region, says Russia

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Source: yahoo.com


Toby Mann; Jaroslav Lukiv Sun, May 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM CDT




At least three people were killed and several injured overnight in a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Russian officials have said.

A woman died in Khimki, north of Moscow, and a person was trapped under rubble, regional governor Andrei Vorobiev said. A man and a woman were killed in the village of Pogorelki.

A male Indian citizen was killed and three others injured, India's Moscow embassy said, but it was not clear whether these casualties were included in Vorobiev's tally. Another person died in Belgorod region bordering Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes were an "entirely justified" response to deadly Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities.

Russian state news agency Tass described the strikes as the biggest attack on Moscow for more than a year.

Earlier this week, a massive Russian drone and missile attack killed 24 people in Kyiv.

In Ukraine, eight people were injured in overnight Russian drone attacks and shelling in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, officials said........................


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This is indeed significant=Moscow is being hit=not just the small
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A multi-storey residential building was hit by a Ukrainian drone in Moscow's region, local officials said [EPA/Shutterstock]