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United Nations The Ukrainian Army launched 1,110 drones in the early morning of 20 September against Russian territory, about 450 of them against the capital, in what the mayor of Moscow called "the biggest drones attack" since the beginning of the war.
According to the mayor of Moscow, hundreds of Ukrainian drones launched an unprecedented offensive against the Russian capital and nearby regions. Although most were intercepted, several managed to evade air defence and hit residential buildings. The attack takes place in the midst of an intensification of offensives on both sides: in Kiev, Russian shelling left several dead, while Moscow accuses Ukraine of trying to disrupt the elections.
The Ukrainian Army launched 1,110 drones in the early morning of 20 September against Russian territory, about 450 of them against the capital, in what the mayor of Moscow called "the biggest drones attack" since the beginning of the war. The offensive takes place on the last day of the parliamentary elections to renew the State Duma, which Putin promotes as a war support poll. Meanwhile, Russian attacks in Ukraine kill five people, including three children.
The authorities reported at least two deaths and 20 injuries as a result of the bombing.
"Russia must end its brutal war and choose peace," Zelenski says in a message in which he admits the offensive that causes at least three deaths
The voting systems and lines of communication suffered cyber attacks at the beginning of the second day of the parliamentary elections in Russia, according to the electoral authority and the Digital Ministry. For the first time, elections take place in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhia and Jerson, Ukrainian territories illegally occupied by Moscow. The elections have also revived disputes in separatist regions of Georgia and Moldova.
The Moscow gas that fed the German economy reached the municipality of Lubmin until the war in Ukraine closed the tap. Since then, AfD has been rushing into the village.
The authorities in Ukraine lifted the air alert for the capital after the city was subjected to missile attacks on Friday, 18 September, as the mayor of Kiev had reported. Hours earlier, Moscow forces attacked four Ukrainian cargo ships in the Black Sea, according to the Russian state press. Meanwhile, the Vladimir Putin Administration announced that it confiscated the assets, which are in Russia, of the Swiss food giant Nestlé (NESN.S) and of the French retail chain Auchan.
The French President warns that the hybrid attacks in Moscow have been on the rise in the country and in Europe. And he claims that "they won't go without an answer."
The polling stations opened on Friday, September 18, in the Russian Far East at the beginning of a three-day vote for the parliamentary elections, the first since Moscow launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine. The main party of the Kremlin, United Russia, stands out to maintain its control of power along with other formations aligned with President Vladímir Putin, as the only party that criticized the war was excluded from the electoral ballot.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, stated on Friday, 18 September, that he ordered measures to protect the critical infrastructure and facilities of his country's defence industry from "Russian hybrid attacks." He also noted that the threat from Moscow has intensified in recent weeks.
