Ukrainian drones struck several targets around Moscow on Wednesday night, setting an oil refinery on fire and forcing the Russian capital’s airports to suspend flights.
Both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed the attacks. Photos and videos circulating on social media and news agencies showed the refinery on fire, with thick black smoke rising above the site.
“Last night, our long-range sanctions once again reached the Moscow region — for the second time this week, the Moscow oil refinery was hit,” Zelenskyy wrote on X on Thursday morning.
Sobyanin said Russian air defenses had intercepted at least 180 drones heading toward the capital. In a post on Telegram, he added that one drone struck a shopping center building.
