{"id":2429,"date":"2026-05-17T12:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ukraine-launches-biggest-drone-attack-on-moscow-in-a-year-leaving-four-dead-and-another-trapped\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:31:38","slug":"ukraine-launches-biggest-drone-attack-on-moscow-in-a-year-leaving-four-dead-and-another-trapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ukraine-launches-biggest-drone-attack-on-moscow-in-a-year-leaving-four-dead-and-another-trapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Moscow in a year leaving four dead and another trapped."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_184259\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The wave of almost 600 Ukrainian drones struck overnight across 14 Russian regions<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37167977\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Building burns following Ukranian attacks in the Moscow region\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Building burns following Ukranian attacks in the Moscow region\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Building burns following Ukranian attacks in the Moscow region<cite aria-label=\"Image: TELEGRAM \/ @vorobiev_live\/AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: TELEGRAM \/ @vorobiev_live\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">At least four people died in what appears to be the largest <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/russia-ukraine-war\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Ukrainian drone strike<\/a> in months on Moscow and the surrounding areas, according to Russian authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The wave of almost 600 <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/battle-leverage-sees-massive-blazes-37149851\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Ukrainian drones struck<\/a> overnight across 14 Russian regions, as well as the Crimean peninsula and the Black and Azov seas, the Russian defence ministry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Three people were killed in the Moscow region and one in the Belgorod region, authorities said, as Russian air defences shot down 556 drones overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A woman was killed after drones hit her house in the city of Khimki, just northwest of the Russian capital, as part of the \u201cmassive\u201d strike on the Moscow region. Local governor Andrei Vorobyev said another person remained trapped under the rubble.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37167983\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37167983\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Apartment building damaged following a drone attack outside Moscow\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37167983.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_At-least-three-killed-in-Ukrainian-drone-attacks-in-Russia-Moscow-Russian-Federation-17-May-2026.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Apartment building damaged following a drone attack outside Moscow\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Apartment building damaged following a drone attack outside Moscow<cite aria-label=\"Image: MAXIM SHIPENKOV\/EPA\/Shutterstock\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: MAXIM SHIPENKOV\/EPA\/Shutterstock)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_ae62be\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37164454\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/russia-putin-nato-zelensky-belarus-37164454\" tabindex=\"0\">Vladimir Putin &#8216;plotting strike on NATO&#8217; as Zelensky reveals bombshell leaked docs<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_ae62be\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37160715\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/russia-iran-europe-terror-attacks-37160715\" tabindex=\"0\">Russia and Iran using &#8216;disposable&#8217; spooks to attack Europe including UK<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Two men were also killed in the village of Pogorelki, six miles north of Moscow, after drone debris fell on a construction site, Vorobyev added. In social media updates, he said Ukrainian drones had also damaged unspecified \u201cinfrastructure\u201d and several high-rises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In Moscow itself, at least 12 people were wounded in the nighttime strikes &#8211; mostly near the entrance to the city\u2019s oil refinery, according to mayor Sergei Sobyanin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Russian defenses shot down 81 drones headed for Moscow overnight, state agency Tass reported, marking the largest attack on the capital in over a year.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37167980\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37167980\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.4\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Heavily damaged house following Ukranian attacks on Moscow region\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779021098_225_0_TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Heavily damaged house following Ukranian attacks on Moscow region\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Heavily damaged house following Ukranian attacks on Moscow region<cite aria-label=\"Image: TELEGRAM \/ @vorobiev_live\/AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: TELEGRAM \/ @vorobiev_live\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Russia&#8217;s largest airport &#8211; Moscow&#8217;s Sheremetyevo &#8211; said drone debris had fallen on its premises without causing damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/ukraine\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said last week that more drone <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/record-onslaught-ukraine-putin-unleashes-37155368\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">strikes would be launched in retaliation<\/a> for a deadly three-day Russian attack across Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Military officials described the attacks as the biggest barrage of the war.. Zelenskyy posted on social media on Friday that Ukraine was \u201centirely justified\u201d in striking <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/russia\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Russia<\/a>\u2019s oil industry and military production facilities to hamper Moscow\u2019s war effort, as well as hitting \u201cthose directly responsible for committing war crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Russia, whose full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, launched more than 1,500 drones and dozens of missiles in the consecutive waves of attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Ukrainian officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A cruise missile hit a nine-storey apartment block in Kyiv on Thursday, killing 24 people, including three children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s air force said on Sunday it had intercepted a further 279 Russian drones overnight, out of a total of 287 launched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Moscow and Kyiv have returned to trading attacks since the end last Tuesday of a three-day truce \u2013 which both sides accused the other of violating \u2013 to mark the anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in the second <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">world<\/a> war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Diplomatic efforts to end the four-year-old conflict are at a standstill, with Kyiv unwilling to accept Moscow\u2019s maximalist demands for territory in the eastern Donbas region and US attention turned to the US-Israeli war against Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/ukraine-launches-biggest-drone-attack-37167966\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wave of almost 600 Ukrainian drones struck overnight across 14 Russian regions Building burns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779021099_0_TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}