MoscowA 44-year-old woman and an elderly man died.
Drones also damaged the Moscow Oil Refinery hours before Russia’s final election vote.
Governor Andrey Vorobyov said air defences downed 249 drones, while the defence ministry claimed 1,110 nationwide.
Putin ordered retaliatory strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure earlier this month.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 450+ reports worldwide
- RT leans favorable
- emphasizes defensive success (1,600 drones repelled) and frames attack as election-disruption attempt that failed
- Fox News
- foregrounds economic damage to logistics/oil refinery as Zelenskyy's rationale, quantifies Russian daily attack volume (2,000+ drones)
- Al Jazeera Online
- India TV News leans critical
- TRT World
Sources: RT, Fox News, Al Jazeera Online, India TV News, TRT World