Ukraine launches major drone attack on nine Russian regions on eve of elections. A Russian military cargo plane has crashed after taking off from a base located a hundred kilometers from Moscow.

At least nine regions of the country have been targeted by Ukrainian drones, which have managed to unleash flames in several refineries and fuel depots in the country. At the same time, Vladimir Putin's armed forces confronted the Siberian Battalion and Free Russia Legion groups on the border of the Russian regions of Belgorod and Kursk.