One Indian among four killed in Ukraine's drone attack on Russia

One Indian National was killed and three others were injured in a drone attack in Moscow. This comes after Ukraine launched its one of the biggest drone attacks in recent months on Sunday.

In a tragic drone attack in the Moscow region, one Indian worker was killed, and three others were injured. The victims were reportedly employed at a facility in the area when the attack occurred. The Embassy of India in Russia swiftly responded by visiting the site of the incident and meeting the injured workers in the hospital, offering immediate support and assessing the situation on the ground.

In an official statement, the Indian Embassy in Russia said, “One Indian worker has lost his life and three others have been injured in a drone attack in the Moscow region earlier today. Embassy officials have visited the location and met the injured workers in the hospital.

“The Embassy condoles the loss of life and is working with the company management and local authorities to provide necessary assistance to the workers,” added India in Russia.
This incident comes amid heightened tensions and occasional drone activity reported in parts of Russia.

Meanwhile, Russia's Defence Ministry reported that over 1,000 Ukrainian drones were downed across the country in the past 24 hours, amid one of the largest aerial attacks on Russian territory in more than a year.

The strikes come after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed retribution following Russia's recent heavy drone and missile barrage on Kyiv.

Zelenskiy posted a video on X showing a drone in flight, columns of black smoke, and fire crews battling flames. "Our responses to Russia’s prolongation of the war and its attacks on our cities and communities are entirely justified," he said, adding that Ukraine could strike targets more than 500 km inside Russia despite dense air defences.

"We are clearly telling the Russians, their state must end its war."

Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks as "mass terrorist" actions by the "Kyiv regime," with spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accusing Kyiv of targeting civilians while Ukraine-backed Eurovision performances continued. Both sides deny deliberately targeting civilians.

Along with the Indian worker, authorities reported at least three to four deaths in the wider Moscow area from the Ukrainian drone barrage, with 12 others injured. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defences destroyed 81 drones targeting the capital since midnight, according to a report by Reuters.

Strikes damaged residential areas, including near Moscow's oil refinery, where some injuries occurred, though the facility's core technology remained intact.

Escalating the persisting tensions with Russia, Ukraine has intensified long-range drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, depots, and infrastructure in recent weeks.

Moscow, in turn, continues its assaults on Ukrainian cities, with both nations seeking to degrade the other's war-sustaining capabilities while civilian areas increasingly come under fire.