Ukrainian drones strike Moscow and nearby areas, damaging and burning at least one major oil refinery, according to Russian officials and multiple outlets. CBS and Politico report that a large swarm hits an oil refinery in the capital, with Moscow residents reporting heavy smoke and “black rain.” The Guardian says flames and thick smoke are visible, and it reports that a nearby residential building is also damaged. Several sources describe the attack as one of the largest on Moscow since Russia’s full-scale invasion, with Russian authorities citing extensive air-defence activity. MSNBC reports that Russia’s Defense Ministry says it shoots down hundreds of drones overnight, including an account of 555 drones over multiple regions. The Guardian and other outlets report that Moscow mayoral authorities say many of the incoming drones are shot down. New York Post and other accounts say the attack disrupts commercial flights and that airports reopen later. CBS and other coverage add that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy frames the strike as retaliatory, while other reporting notes widening impacts on Russia’s energy sector, including measures such as fuel purchase caps.
Ukrainian drones hit Moscow oil refinery, fires and airport disruptions reported
Ukrainian drones strike Moscow and nearby areas, damaging and burning at least one major oil refinery, according to Russian officials and multiple outlets. CBS and Politico report that a large swarm h...
- Ukrainian drone strikes hit Moscow and cause fires and thick smoke at an oil refinery.
- Russian officials report large-scale air-defence interceptions, including claims of hundreds of drones shot down.
- The attack disrupts air travel at Moscow-area airports, with reopening reported after the incident.
- At least one additional location near the refinery, including a residential building, is reported damaged.
- Ukrainian leadership describes the strike as retaliatory, according to reporting cited by outlets.
A fire broke out at the Afipsky oil refinery in southern Russia after a drone attack, while fuel facilities in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa were hit as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged strikes overnight.
2 weeks agoRussian officials reported fresh Ukrainian drone strikes on oil and industrial facilities in Stavropol and Krasnodar Krais, while the Moscow region came under a large-scale attack. Authorities said three people were killed as airports temporarily suspended operations.
2 weeks agoThe Russian military said Sunday morning it shot down 349 Ukrainian drones overnight, a scale of attack comparable to those seen in recent days. The post Ukraine sets Russian refinery ablaze in fresh drone attack appeared first on Vanguard News.
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