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Authorities report deadly drone attacks in the Moscow and Kyiv regions
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Zaporizhzhia strike damages civilian buildings and wounds five
A Russian drone strike late September 20 hit apartment buildings, a university and a shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia, wounding five people, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s air force separately reported shooting down or suppressing 148 Russian drones overnight, while Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces downed 244 Ukrainian drones; neither military count was independently verified in the retrieved report. The new damage and injuries extend the developing account of large reciprocal drone attacks beyond the previously reported Moscow and Kyiv regions.
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Ukraine confirms its role and identifies domestically produced weapons
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine struck Russian oil and logistics facilities overnight using domestically produced drones and missiles, including Flamingo and Pelican missiles. Moscow-region authorities reported two deaths and 20 injuries. Russia’s Defence Ministry said it intercepted 1,110 drones, while Moscow’s mayor reported 450 approaching the capital; those interception figures have not been independently verified.
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Drone attacks continue despite announced energy truce
Russian authorities said Ukrainian drones hit a Moscow oil refinery, killed two people in the surrounding region and prompted the evacuation of 400 residents. Ukraine had not commented, and Russia’s interception figures were not independently verified. Ukrainian authorities separately said overnight Russian strikes killed four people in the Kyiv region; the regional governor reported 31 sites damaged during more than a day of attacks. The attacks continued despite President Donald Trump’s announcement that both countries had agreed to stop targeting energy infrastructure.
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