Yes, Ukraine has conducted multiple drone attacks targeting Moscow and its surrounding areas as part of its ongoing military operations against Russian infrastructure and air defenses during the Russo-Ukrainian War. These strikes have escalated in frequency and scale throughout 2025, with several reported in September alone. Russian authorities have intercepted most drones, but some have caused disruptions, minor damage, and casualties. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for every incident but has confirmed broader campaigns against Russian energy and military targets, including pipelines feeding Moscow.
### Key Recent Incidents (September 2025):
- **September 28–29**: Ukrainian forces launched their largest drone barrage on Moscow since March, with Russian air defenses downing at least 44 drones approaching the city overnight. The Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting over 150 drones across multiple regions, including Moscow Oblast, with no major damage reported in the capital but temporary airport closures.
- **September 23–24**: At least 46 Ukrainian drones were shot down en route to Moscow, part of a major barrage that also targeted annexed Crimea and the Black Sea. Air traffic at Moscow’s airports was suspended, and power outages occurred in nearby Belgorod Oblast.
- **September 22–23**: Dozens of drones struck Moscow throughout the night, leading to the interception of 69 over nine Russian regions, including Moscow Oblast. Airports were closed, and Russian media reported substation damage in Belgorod.
### Broader Context:
- Ukraine’s strategy focuses on “systematically” degrading Russia’s military and economic capabilities, including fuel supplies to Moscow via pipelines and refineries. For instance, on September 14, Ukraine hit Russia’s second-largest refinery (Kinef), disrupting diesel flows to the capital.
- On September 25, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy explicitly threatened strikes on Kremlin leadership if Russia does not end the war, stating they would need bomb shelters but emphasizing no civilian targets.
- Earlier in September (e.g., September 10), Ukraine launched 144 drones—the war’s largest single attack on Moscow—damaging homes and killing two people.
- These actions occur amid intensified Russian retaliatory strikes on Ukrainian cities like Kyiv, where nearly 600 drones and missiles killed at least four on September 28.
Russia portrays these as terrorist acts, while Ukraine frames them as legitimate defense against invasion. No ground incursions or missile strikes directly on central Moscow (e.g., the Kremlin) have been confirmed, but drone incursions represent a form of aerial attack. The situation remains fluid, with both sides escalating long-range operations.
And 30% of Transnistria voted for the pro-EU party in yesterday’s election.
You’re on a roll. Is it caffeine?
15:36 GMTA Moldovan Information and Security Service employee has been detained in Moscow with two bags of ballots stamped for the ruling party, according to Igor Khlopetsky, a representative of the Greater Moldova party, which was barred from participating in the elections just a few days ago.
“He is a relative of the former head of the Border Police, PAS protege Rosian Vasiloi. He was detained by Russian authorities with two bags of ballots stamped for the ruling party. Dear citizens, the elections are being rigged,” Khlopetsky said.
Neither confirmed nor denied by any other news sources that I've been able to find.
Also, Moldova’s electoral commission on Friday barred two pro-Russian parties from participating in this weekend’s tense parliamentary election, due to illegal financing by Russian interests.
And:
Polls CLOSE in Moldova
No more ballots being accepted – but long lines at polling stations in Moscow and bridge from Transnistria opened only 20 minutes before closing time
Chants of 'WE WANT TO VOTE' heard in queue in Moscow https://t.co/vbjP8xmfhq pic.twitter.com/1oS4bnXU4D
— RT (@RT_com) September 28, 2025
One should also note that in the referendum on applying for EU membership there was a large majority for a NO among the voters living in Moldova, but the huge number of postal votes from abroad secured a win for a YES. As 54.62% of voters residing permanently in Moldova voted "no", the voters living abroad were ultimately decisive in the final outcome.
I find this very sad. I am not naïve and it is more than likely that Russia has tried to affect this and previous elections. However, to win elections in this way opens the way for new conflicts. Have the EU/NATO not learned anything from what happened in Ukraine 2013/2014?
Bummer
Funny how they’re Moldovans when living in Russia but Russians in need of protection when living in Moldova.
Here in the US we often overlook the influence of immigrants on the elections of the countries they left.
Club For Growth President Fox won the Mexican election due to immigrants in the US voting for him.
Social Conservative President Calderon won the Mexican election due to immigrants in the US voting for him.
Moldova is a sovereign country. Its voting procedures are no concern of Russia. Butt out!
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Like they did in Romania? Or like they have done in France in working to ban Marine Le Pen? Or like the attempt at color revolutions in Georgia and Serbia recently?
The EU is a tyrannical hellhole and, as Viktor Orban, one of the few conservative leaders in Europe, has said has become a bad parody of the old Soviet Union.