Ukraine launched over 1,600 drones at Russia — by far the largest barrage of this cycle —…

Today’s standout story is the scale of Ukraine’s election-day barrage: more than 1,600 drones aimed at Russia on the final day of its first wartime parliamentary election, roughly quadruple the 350-plus-drone barrage that opened the vote on Sep 18. A Moscow-area oil refinery was damaged and two people were killed in the Moscow region; Russian authorities said the election’s online voting system had separately been hit by a cyberattack the day before. Ukraine’s General Staff put cumulative losses at 1,517,990 (+1,560), with 12,356 tanks (+4), 50,067 artillery systems (+56) and 525,965 drones (+1,833) destroyed — broadly in line with the elevated pace of the past several days. Anti-war Russians organized symbolic pushback rather than open opposition: a ‘Noon for Peaceful Russia’ simultaneous-voting demonstration, independent election monitoring, and exit polling across roughly 40 international cities, with Yabloko — the only pro-peace party — still barred from the ballot. On Iran, the IRGC has now formally claimed the Sep 17–18 strike on the Togo-flagged tanker Trend, telling state media it intercepted the vessel over an ‘illegal passage’ attempt and demanding transit fees for its controlled route — the clearest attribution either side has offered for that incident. That leaves Tuesday’s UN General Assembly week unchanged in substance from yesterday: the Gulf-leaders ‘day-after plan’ session on Iran and the Trump-Rodríguez Venezuela pull-aside both still stand as scheduled.