Largest Ukrainian drone attack since invasion kills 3 in Moscow area, Russia says

Published on 17/05/2026 - 12:59 GMT+2

A monolithic Ukrainian drone onslaught killed astatine slightest 3 radical successful the Moscow country overnight, Russian authorities said, successful what was reported arsenic the largest and astir wide drone onslaught since the invasion.

In a station connected Telegram, Moscow's determination governor, Andrey Vorobyov, said that a pistillate had been killed aft a onslaught connected a backstage residence connected the outskirts of Moscow and that 2 others were killed successful the colony of Pogorelki.

The Russian Ministry of Defence said section aerial defences intercepted 556 Ukrainian drones crossed the state from Saturday nighttime into aboriginal Sunday morning, with a further 30 changeable down aboriginal connected Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms the onslaught successful a station connected X, sharing a video showing a ample plume of achromatic fume successful the region and penning that "Ukrainian long-range sanctions reached the Moscow region."

"Our responses to Russia’s prolongation of the warfare and its attacks connected our cities and communities are wholly justified," Zelenskyy said.

"The region from Ukraine’s authorities borderline is implicit 500 km. The attraction of Russian aerial defence successful the Moscow portion is the highest. But we are overcoming it," helium added.

It marks 1 of the largest drone attacks carried retired by Ukrainian forces since Moscow launched its full-scale penetration of the state successful February 2022.

It follows a Russian rocket and drone barrage earlier this week that killed astatine slightest 24 radical successful the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

In a abstracted station connected societal media, Zelenskyy said Russian forces had launched implicit 3,170 onslaught drones, much than 1,300 guided aerial bombs, and 74 missiles against Ukraine this week, often targeting residential buildings and civilian infrastructure and sidesplitting 52 people.

The 2 countries had this week exchanged 205 prisoners of warfare each, successful what was the archetypal signifier of a planned "1,000-for-1,000" swap deal.