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

BBC World · May 17, 2026, 7:21 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Toby Mannand Jaroslav Lukiv Vorobiev Live / Telegram.
  • A woman died in a house in Khimki, north of the capital, where a person was trapped under rubble, regional governor Andrei Vorobiev said.
  • Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 12 people were injured in strikes on a city oil refinery.

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Toby Mannand Jaroslav Lukiv Vorobiev Live / Telegram. A multi-storey residential building was hit by a Ukrainian drone in Moscow's region, local officials said Three people were killed overnight in a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Russian officials have said.

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

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 12 people were injured in strikes on a city oil refinery. Russia's military said 556 drones were intercepted.

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