Ukraine carried out a large-scale drone attack on an oil refinery in the Moscow region on Thursday morning, according to Russian sources cited by Israeli media. Russia responded by suspending all flights at Moscow airports and reported that air defenses intercepted over 550 drones across the country. The full extent of damage and casualties has not yet been independently confirmed.
Ukraine struck an oil refinery in the Moscow region on Thursday morning with a large-scale drone attack, prompting Russia to shut down all flights at Moscow's airports and report over 550 drone interceptions nationwide, according to Russian sources cited by Israeli media.
The development, reported around 11:04 Jerusalem, follows a sequence of escalating reports covered by The Zioneer since mid-morning. At 10:23 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Russia acknowledged hundreds of drones targeting Moscow, grounding airports. By 10:32, it reported that Ukrainian drone attacks had hit oil refineries in Moscow, citing Russian sources. Those reports were themselves updates to a thread that began at 09:17 Jerusalem, when The Zioneer first reported that all Moscow flights were grounded amid a massive Ukrainian drone attack, followed minutes later by reports of additional waves and fires, and then confirmation of strikes on oil refineries. The Thursday morning attack is thus the third reported wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on the Moscow area in recent days, and the second this week to be covered by the desk. The new details from Russian officials — the specific figure of over 550 intercepts and a confirmed hit on a refinery — represent additional granularity to an already reported event.
The sustained campaign on Russian energy infrastructure follows a major Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow earlier this week, which reports said halted the main Moscow oil refinery, as The Zioneer reported on Tuesday. Moscow's airports remained closed as of the latest report. Casualty figures and the extent of damage at the refinery have not yet been independently verified.
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