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12 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 20, 2026.
WatchMayor Sergei Sobyanin called it the largest attack on Moscow of the war and said air defenses downed more than 1,600 drones since Saturday, 450 of them headed for the capital. Zelenskyy said domestically built Flamingo and Pelican missiles hit 'oil and logistics' targets worth 'billions of dollars that sustain the war machine.'
Drones struck three warehouses across Russia overnight, two of them run by e-commerce giant Wildberries. Russian bombs killed two children and an elderly woman in Sumy the same night.
The explosion outside Balzi Rossi on Kudrinskaya Square killed the security guard who blocked her, a customer, and the woman herself, and injured 21 others during a private banquet.
WatchOvernight strikes ignited an oil depot and battered sprawling logistics hubs south of the capital, wounding at least 10 people as President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to keep hammering Russia's war economy.
Russian air defenses reported shooting down at least 194 drones over the capital region overnight, but strikes set the Kapotnya refinery ablaze and forced every major Moscow airport to halt flights.
Attacks on seat of Kremlin power shake residents deeply as conflict comes home to Russia's capital region.
Russia's defense ministry says 556 drones were destroyed overnight as Volodymyr Zelensky calls the strike 'entirely justified,' adding pressure on Kremlin air defenses.
Drones flew more than 500 km to hit the capital's oil refinery, with wreckage falling at Sheremetyevo airport and in the residential suburbs of Khimki and Mytishchi.
Russia's traditional military display appears diminished as Moscow and other cities can no longer be insulated from ongoing Ukraine conflict.
Air defenses in Russian capital breached as Ukraine expands long-range strike capabilities, raising tensions ahead of significant military commemoration.
Attack on Russian capital high-rise building comes days before Victory Day celebration as Ukraine expands long-range strike capabilities.
Attack on Russian capital high-rise represents escalation in long-range strikes as Ukraine expands targeting of strategic locations.