Conflict & Security
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Hit Moscow Region Oil Facility, Kill One
October 6, 2026 at 06:00 AM · Updated 10d ago
4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 8 hours
Overnight Ukrainian drone strikes on the Moscow region targeted an oil storage facility, killing one person and wounding six, Russian officials said.
- Ukrainian forces struck the Volodarskaya oil products storage facility, Moscow region's largest oil depot and a major pipeline hub, Ukrainian media reported.
- Moscow Governor Andrei Vorobyov said air defenses downed 185 drones over 16 municipalities, with one person killed and six injured.
- Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 650 drones headed toward Moscow, with 105 destroyed near the capital, and flights at area airports faced temporary restrictions.
- Ukrainian authorities said a Russian drone attack hit a bridge in Zaporizhzhia, closing it and rerouting traffic.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he expects the US to arrange a trilateral meeting between Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow this October.
- The overnight attack was reported as the largest drone assault on Moscow in two years.
- The Russian strike on the Zaporizhzhia bridge injured two people.
- Russian officials raised the death toll from the Moscow region attack to two, with seven people injured.




