Four people killed in Kyiv, two people killed in Moscow

The death toll from an overnight ⁠Russian attack on the Kyiv region of Ukraine rose to four, including three children, Kyiv regional authorities said today.

A mother and her two three-year-old children were killed in the Kyiv region when a ‌Russian drone ⁠strike hit a private home, the emergency services said.

Seperately, a girl died in hospital after a drone ‌strike in another district, according to Kyiv regional governor Tymur Tkachanko.

Mr Tkachanko said the region endured ⁠more than a day of ‌hostile attacks, with 31 sites damaged in five ⁠districts.

The ‌southwestern Fastiv district sustained the most damage, with 24 sites hit, including homes, industrial ⁠and utility buildings, the grounds of an agricultural ⁠enterprise and vehicles, he added.

Russia has been attacking the capital Kyiv and the surrounding Kyiv region with drones continually in recent weeks.

Hundreds of drones target Moscow and surrounding region

Meanwhile in Moscow, hundreds of drones targeting the Russian capital and its surrounding region killed at least two people and damaged a major refinery on the final day of the country's parliamentary elections, the authorities said today.

The capital's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that more than 1,600 drones had been intercepted and shot down, 450 of which were aimed at Moscow.

He accused Ukraine of attempting to interfere with a tightly controlled three-day election that is set to cement President Vladimir Putin's 26-year grip on power.

"The unprecedented attack was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections. The enemy did not succeed," Mr Sobyanin said on Telegram.

Moscow regional Governor Andrey Vorobyov said on the social media platform that at least two people were killed - a 44-year-old woman and an elderly man - in two separate locations.

A fire triggered by a drone crashing into a 21-storey building also led to 400 people being evacuated, Mr Vorobyov said. He did not specify the drones' origin.

The attacks come at a time when Kyiv stepped up its long-range drone strike campaign against Russia in recent months, particularly against energy infrastructure to target a vital source of the Kremlin's revenue to fund its war effort, now in its fifth year.

"A facility on the territory of the Moscow Oil Refinery has been damaged," Mr Sobyanin added, noting that no casualties had been reported so far and that emergency services were on the scene.

The major refinery has already been hit by Ukrainian strikes in recent months.

The latest strike comes after US President Donald Trump said last Monday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed not to target each other's energy facilities.

It also comes after Russians began voting on Friday in the country's first parliamentary election since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022, setting off a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands.

Only parties that support Mr Putin and the Kremlin's military campaign have been registered to run. Moscow has also organised voting in occupied Ukraine.

While few Russians doubt Mr Putin's United Russia party will cruise to victory again, the vote offers a gauge of public support for the war.