Russian election enters final day after Ukraine targets Moscow in massive drone attack

MOSCOW — Ukraine launched what Moscow's mayor called the biggest ever drone attack on the Russian capital on Sunday in what he said was an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the final day of a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for Russia's war in Ukraine. Two people were killed in the surrounding Moscow region and the capital's oil refinery — which has been hit before — was struck, local authorities said. Reuters witnesses heard blasts in Moscow and saw plumes of smoke billowing from the refinery site. It was not clear what damage the facility had sustained. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. "The biggest attack by enemy drones has been repelled. Since yesterday, more than 1,600 drones have been shot down across all fronts. Of these, 450 were approaching Moscow," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a statement on Telegram. One of the drones had struck a residential building, but none of its residents had lost their lives, he said. "This unprecedented attack was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections. The ene