Indian killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russia

One of Ukraine’s largest drone strikes on Russia killed at least four people, including an Indian, and wounded a dozen others, local authorities said Sunday. Debris also fell on Russia’s largest airport without causing damage.

“One Indian worker has lost his life and three others have been injured in a drone attack in (the) Moscow region earlier today. Embassy officials have visited the location and met the injured workers in the hospital,” the Indian Embassy in Russia said on ‘X’. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the drone strikes, saying that they were “entirely justified”.

The incident comes amid escalating hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine carried out overnight attacks targeting installations in Moscow.

“The Embassy condoles the loss of life and is working with the company management and local authorities to provide necessary assistance to the workers,” the embassy added, without disclosing the identity of the deceased.

In Moscow itself, at least 12 people were wounded in the nighttime strike, mostly near the entrance to the city’s oil refinery, mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported.