An Indian worker was killed and three others were wounded in a drone strike in the Moscow region, the Indian embassy in Russia said on Sunday.

Russian media earlier reported that the overnight Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow region left three people dead and six injured, without identifying the nationalities of those killed. The embassy said its officials visited the site and met the injured at a local hospital.

“The embassy mourns the loss of one Indian worker and is coordinating with company management and local authorities to provide necessary assistance,” the mission said in a social media post, while declining to disclose the identities of the deceased or the injured.

The Russian embassy in New Delhi also expressed condolences, saying it shared the family’s grief and extended sympathy to those hurt in the attack on civilian facilities.

Moscow authorities said air-defence systems intercepted a large number of incoming drones. Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, quoted by state media, said more than 120 drones were shot down in the past 24 hours. Russian reports added that two people were killed in Mytishchi when falling drone debris struck a house under construction.

The strike is part of a wider pattern of escalating long-range drone and missile exchanges between Russia and Ukraine in recent months. Ukrainian forces reportedly targeted multiple installations in and around Moscow during the overnight operation.

Investigations and rescue efforts were ongoing. Local officials and company representatives were working with the embassy to assist the injured and to establish full details of casualties and damage.

Moscow, May 17 (ANI) — An Indian national was killed and three others were wounded after a drone strike hit the Moscow region on Sunday, the Embassy of India in Russia said. The embassy said its officials promptly visited the attack site and met the injured at a hospital.

In a post on X, the embassy expressed condolences and said it was coordinating with the employer and local authorities to provide assistance to the affected workers. The identities of the victims have not been released, and local authorities have provided no further details about the circumstances of the strike.

The incident took place amid one of the largest reported Ukrainian drone raids on Moscow in recent months. Air raid sirens sounded across the capital and nearby areas as explosions and falling debris were reported in multiple locations.

Russia’s defence ministry said more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones were intercepted across the country within a 24-hour period. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defences shot down at least 81 drones heading toward the capital overnight. Despite interceptions, strikes caused damage to residential buildings and infrastructure in several areas.

Officials reported at least four deaths from the assault overall, including three in the Moscow region and one in Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. Moscow regional Governor Andrei Vorobyov said a woman died after falling debris struck a home in Khimki, north of the city, and that two men were killed in the village of Pogorelki in the Mytishchi district. Several people were injured in the strikes; some wounded were reported near an oil refinery that authorities said remained operational and suffered no major damage.

The cross-border drone attack followed days after Russia conducted one of its heaviest aerial bombardments of Kyiv since the start of the war more than four years ago. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had promised retaliation after that assault and posted footage on X showing smoke and emergency crews at targeted sites, saying the strikes were a response to continued Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilians. He also claimed Kyiv struck targets more than 500 kilometres inside Russia, saying some attacks penetrated heavy air-defence zones.

The Kremlin condemned the Ukrainian strikes, accusing Kyiv of targeting civilians; Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the attacks as a “mass terrorist attack,” according to state news agency TASS. Both Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly denied deliberately targeting civilians, but residential neighbourhoods and civilian infrastructure on both sides have continued to suffer damage throughout the conflict.

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