SRINAGAR: An Indian worker was killed and three others were injured in a drone attack in Russia’s Moscow region, the Indian Embassy in Russia said on Sunday.
One Indian worker has lost his life and three others have been injured in a drone attack in Moscow region earlier today. Embassy officials have visited the location and met the injured workers in the hospital.
The Embassy condoles the loss of life and is working with the…
— India in Russia (@IndEmbMoscow) May 17, 2026
In a post on X, the embassy said its officials had visited the site of the attack and met the injured workers in hospital.
“One Indian worker has lost his life, and three others have been injured in a drone attack in the Moscow region earlier today,” the embassy said.
It added that the mission was coordinating with company management and local authorities to extend necessary assistance to the affected workers and expressed condolences over the loss of life.
The attack came as Ukraine launched one of its largest drone assaults on Moscow in recent months overnight on Sunday, setting off air raid sirens, explosions and reports of falling debris across parts of the Russian capital and adjoining areas.
Russian authorities said the wider drone strikes killed at least three people and injured 12 others in separate incidents.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the strikes as “entirely justified”, saying they were in response to continued Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and communities.
Our responses to Russia’s prolongation of the war and its attacks on our cities and communities are entirely justified. This time, Ukrainian long-range sanctions reached the Moscow region, and we are clearly telling the Russians: their state must end its war. Ukrainian drone and… pic.twitter.com/BVFJ1BJQ1i
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 17, 2026
In a statement on social media, Zelensky said Ukraine’s long-range operations had reached the Moscow region and urged Russia to end the war.
