The attacks come as Kyiv has stepped up its long-range drone strikes against Russia in recent months, particularly targeting energy infrastructure.

MOSCOW, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Russia's major Moscow refinery, owned by Gazprom Neft, has halted crude oil processing after fires broke out at its primary crude distillation units following a Ukrainian drone attack on September 20,

The final day of Russia’s three-day State Duma election coincided with a mass Ukrainian drone strike on Russia that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described as “unprecedented.” Yet in Moscow Oblast, air raid sirens and SMS warnings were not activated during the strike.

According to Sobyanin, the massive aerial movement heading toward the capital was recorded between 8 p.m. on Sept. 17 and 7 a.m. on Sept. 18. The Moscow mayor asserted that Russian air defense units intercepted and destroyed 64 drones directly on their final approach to Moscow,