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New footage shows Ukrainian kamikaze drone ripping roof off fuel tank at Moscow refinery

The Zioneer Intelligence DeskUpdated 22:23
New footage shows Ukrainian kamikaze drone ripping roof off fuel tank at Moscow refinery

Primary source Internal intake · 3 reviewed intake signals · Desk window 22:08–22:23

TL;DR

Fresh footage from Moscow shows a Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike shearing the entire lid off a giant fuel storage tank at the city's oil refinery, sending the cover airborne. The clip, posted Thursday evening, adds a new angle to the ongoing wave of drone attacks on Moscow's energy infrastructure.

01 · THE DISPATCH

New footage released Thursday evening documents a Ukrainian kamikaze drone striking a fuel storage tank at the Moscow oil refinery, tearing the entire roof off and sending the cover airborne — an image the source describes as resembling 'the cap ripped skyward.'

The clip follows a day of multiple drone attacks on Moscow's energy infrastructure. As The Zioneer reported earlier Thursday, an earlier strike on the same refinery caused a major fire that grounded flights at Moscow's airports. A separate Ukrainian FP-1 drone was intercepted en route to the refinery but still triggered a significant explosion, per footage published at 20:00 Jerusalem. The ongoing wave of attacks, described by multiple sources as the largest on the capital since the war began, has also left a sticky 'black rain' of fuel residue over several Moscow districts.

02 · How it developed

2 developments

  1. Latest

    New footage shows the drone strike shearing the lid off the tank.

  2. Ukrainian drone strike blows cover off fuel storage at Moscow refinery

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03 · Source and signal

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