Massive Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and surrounding region kills two, sets region’s largest oil depot ablaze

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A Ukrainian drone strike on the Moscow region killed a 20-year-old resident of Radumlya village and injured six others, Governor Andrei Vorobyov said, with additional injuries reported in Istra and the Volokolamsk and Domodedovo districts. Ten private homes, outbuildings, and two cars were damaged in Istra, and houses were damaged or destroyed in Domodedovo's Lobanovo and Barybino villages.

Ukrainian monitoring channels and the independent outlet Astra reported a fire at the Volodarskaya oil depot, described in open sources as the region's largest and a key supply node for Moscow's fuel. Local authorities have not confirmed the fire.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 650 drones approached the city and region overnight, with air defenses destroying most at distant range and shooting down another 105 nearer Moscow, plus 29 more in a later update. Vorobyov put the total destroyed over the Moscow region at 185.

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You'll notice the governor was quick with a casualty count but the folks near the biggest fuel depot in the region have gone quiet as a stopped clock. When a fire that size doesn't get a mention from the people whose job is mentioning things, that silence is doing its own kind of talking. Keep an eye on what the official numbers don't cover, that's usually where the story is parked.

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