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Ukraine Launches Drone Attack on Moscow Oblast on Putin's Birthday
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In Short: The attack also prompted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to congratulate Putin on his birthday.
According to Zelenskyy, the attack was part of a broader strategy to disrupt Russian military operations and infrastructure.
The Ukrainian air force reported launching 138 Russian drones of various types across the country overnight, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
At least three people were killed and a major refinery was damaged in the Moscow region during the attack, according to Al Jazeera.
The attack also caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure, including a fire triggered by a drone crashing into a 21-storey building, which forced the evacuation of 400 people.
In the Donetsk region, three people were slain and 11 injured, while in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, two people were killed and extensive damage was inflicted on private residential quarters and multi-story apartment buildings.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a warning to foreign nationals and diplomatic personnel in Kyiv, cautioning that remaining in the Ukrainian capital poses a “mortal danger” as Russian forces continue delivering aerial strikes across the country.
The attack also prompted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to congratulate Putin on his birthday, pledging Pyongyang’s “invariable support” for Russia and calling Moscow’s war against Ukraine a “sacred war of justice.”
What's confirmed
- According to Zelenskyy, the attack was part of a broader strategy to disrupt Russian military operations and infrastructure.
- The Ukrainian air force reported launching 138 Russian drones of various types across the country overnight, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
- At least three people were killed and a major refinery was damaged in the Moscow region during the attack, according to Al Jazeera.
- The attack also caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure, including a fire triggered by a drone crashing into a 21-storey building, which forced the evacuation of 400 people.
- In the Donetsk region, three people were slain and 11 injured, while in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, two people were killed and extensive damage was inflicted on private residential quarters and multi-story apartment buildings.
- The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a warning to foreign nationals and diplomatic personnel in Kyiv, cautioning that remaining in the Ukrainian capital poses a “mortal danger” as Russian forces continue delivering aerial strikes across the country.
What's still developing
- According to the statement, the injured Azerbaijani citizens were taken to a hospital in the city of Chornomorsk in Odesa Oblast.
- Two injured Azerbaijani citizens were taken to a hospital in southern Odesa Oblast, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said.
- The attack came amid continued Russian strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea near Odesa Oblast in Ukraine's south.
- Denis Pushilin, the head of the Russian illegal occupation administration in Donetsk Oblast, confirmed in a post on Telegram that Ukraine had launched an attack on targets in Donetsk on Aug. 26, claiming that Anglo-French "Storm Shadow" air-launched cruise missiles were used, and that eight civilians were injured.
- The aftermath of Russian mass attack on Kyiv, Oct. 7, 2026 (Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko) Russian forces executed a mass missile and drone assault across Ukraine to mark the 74th birthday of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Oct. 7, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry wrote in its official statement.
- Russian President spoke about the risk of using weapons of mass destruction, threats to Kaliningrad, and the consequences of Ukrainian attacks on refineries Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that the world is going through a dangerous period and warned that it is necessary to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction.
- Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Sunday that more than 1,600 drones had been intercepted, 450 of them heading for the capital.
- “Russian forces carried out an artillery attack near Novovorontsovka [in the Kherson region]. As a result of the shelling, a 52-year-old woman sustained fatal injuries. A 14-year-old girl and a 39-year-old woman also suffered fatal blast injuries and concussions,” the National Police of Ukraine said in a statement.
- It said air defences managed to shoot down 101 of them.
- “The unprecedented attack was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections. The enemy did not succeed,” he said.
- “I have not seen numbers this large in the four and a half years of this conflict, especially in the past six months when Ukrainian attacks have escalated,” he said.
- Tkachenko said the region endured more than a day of attacks, with 31 sites damaged in five districts.