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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:31 PM Thursday

Ukraine strikes Moscow oil refinery amid large-scale drone attack

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones on Thursday targeting more than a dozen Russian regions, including Moscow, where they struck an oil refinery, sending plumes of black smoke into the air over the Russian capital.

Russia's Ministry of Defense said the country's defenses destroyed some 555 drones in the early morning hours. About 180 of those were shot down as they approached Moscow, the city's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said in an update in Russian on the Telegram messaging app.

Ukraine laid claim to the aerial attack, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying it marked the second time within a week that Kyiv had targeted the Moscow Oil Refinery, a sprawling facility in the city's southeast that's run by a subsidiary of state-owned Gazprom. Video verified by ABC News showed blasts at the Kapotnya district refinery.

"This is a fully justified response to Russian attacks on our cities and communities, and another important result of our warriors' work against facilities that sustain Russia's war machine," Zelenskyy of Ukraine said on social media.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/ukraine-strikes-moscow-oil-refinery-082536474.html

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Ukraine strikes Moscow oil refinery amid large-scale drone attack (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP
May a strong rain cover the Kremlin in oily soot. bluedigger Thursday #1
The tank lid blowing off at the Moscow refinery made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #2
What makes that particular explosion special is that it appears to have niyad 12 hrs ago #3

niyad

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3. What makes that particular explosion special is that it appears to have
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 02:15 PM
12 hrs ago

been caused by ruzzian air defence. .a ruzzian MANPADS. OOOOPS

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