Hundreds of drones target Moscow as two killed on final day of Russian election

Hundreds of drones targeting Moscow and its surrounding region killed at least two people and damaged a major refinery on the final day of the country’s parliamentary elections, authorities said on Sunday.

The capital’s mayor said more than 1,600 drones had been intercepted and shot down, 450 of which were aimed at Moscow.

Sergei Sobyanin accused Ukraine of attempting to interfere with a tightly controlled three-day election that is set to tighten president Vladimir Putin ’s 26-year grip on power.

“The unprecedented attack was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections. The enemy did not succeed,” he said on Telegram.

Moscow’s regional governor said at least two people were killed – a 44-year-old woman and an elderly man – in two separate locations.