A Ukrainian drone attack damaged the Moscow oil refinery and a nearby residential building, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday. Video published on social media shows the aftermath of the strike on the apartment building.
Reuters confirmed the location from the building layout, facade and terrain which matched archive and satellite imagery of the area.
Moscow downed over five dozen drones on Thursday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram, and a Reuters witness saw flames and plumes of smoke over the southeastern district of Kapotnya where the Moscow refinery is located.
"Air defence forces continue to repel a massive attack. Several drones managed to reach the Moscow oil refinery," Sobyanin said, adding that a shopping centre also suffered minor damage.
The attack is the second in just a few days after a drone strike on Tuesday halted operations at the refinery, sources said, adding to widespread damage to Russian energy facilities and extending a fuel crisis de...
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