Russian election enters final day after Ukraine targets Moscow in massive drone attack
Authorities said more than 1,600 drones were intercepted and at least two people were killed as the assault hit a refinery and disrupted flights.
- On Sunday, Russia's ruling United Russia party maintained a comfortable lead with 57.5% of the vote in parliamentary elections as Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Moscow, killing at least five people across the Moscow and Kherson regions.
- President Vladimir Putin cast the State Duma vote as a referendum on his war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, while authorities barred most anti-war candidates and handed long jail terms to opposition figures before the vote.
- Turnout reached nearly 57% as official results showed United Russia ahead, while Russia's Defence Ministry reported downing nearly 2,000 Ukrainian drones and 8 cruise missiles in the last 24 hours.
- Central Election Commission Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova claimed the attacks sparked "an unprecedented level of what I would call public unity," while Kyiv dismissed the vote as a "pseudo election" under martial law.
- The Kremlin aims to present the results as evidence of public backing for Putin's policies, though the Berlin-based NEST think tank warned the vote could still create awkward moments amid economic strain.
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Ukraine launched the largest-ever drone attack across Russia, including the capital Moscow, timed to coincide with the Russian Duma elections. This offensive is interpreted as an attempt to cripple Russia's war-fighting capabilities by striking key infrastructure and inflicting a political blow on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Amidst this, Russia's ruling United Russia party has labeled the situation a state of war and the attack on the capi…
Putin's ruling party on track to comfortably win wartime Russian election
Russia's ruling United Russia party was on track to easily win a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine, partial official results showed on Sunday, after Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on the Russian capital.
‘Unprecedented Attack’: Ukraine Just Fired 450 Drones at Moscow as Part of a Massive 1,600 Drone Assault on Russia
All four international airports serving the Moscow region were disrupted. Zelensky named ten weapons systems used in the strike, including the new Flamingo and Pelican, and said Ukraine had hit billions of dollars of what sustains the war machine. The refinery processes around 12 million metric tons a year and was struck once before, in June. Voting in Russia's first wartime parliamentary election was in its third day.
More than 1600 Ukrainian drones were intercepted during the last voting day, in which the opposition virtually did not participate
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