Indian killed, three injured in drone strike in Moscow region

MOSCOW/NEW DELHI: An Indian worker was killed and three others were injured in a drone attack in the Moscow region, the Indian embassy in Russia said on Sunday.

Russian media reported that three people were killed and another six suffered injuries in the Ukrainian drone attack on Saturday night. It did not identify the nationalities of the deceased. Ukraine carried out overnight attacks targeting several installations in the Moscow region. “...Embassy officials have visited the location and met the injured workers in the hospital,” the Indian embassy in Russia said on X.





“The Embassy condoles the loss of life and is working with the company management and local authorities to provide necessary assistance to the workers,” it said. agencies

Moscow’s oil refinery targeted
The Russian embassy “mourns together with the family of the Indian worker and extends its sympathy to those injured by the Ukrainian attack on civilian facilities in the Moscow region,” it said.

“According to preliminary reports, more than 12 people were injured in the city of Moscow, while in the Moscow region three people were killed and another six were injured,” it added.

Residential buildings were damaged across several suburbs and Moscow’s oil refinery was targeted in a rare strike, according to local authorities. Operations at all four Moscow airports faced rolling disruptions from late Saturday but resumed operations before midday local time after dozens of flight cancellations and delays.

Russian air defences shot down over 120 drones heading for Moscow in the past 24 hours, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.

It said that two persons were killed in Mytishchi area when drone debris fell on a house under construction.

Russia and Ukraine have stepped up long-range drone and missile attacks in recent months, even as diplomatic efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the more than three-year-old conflict have continued.