A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack hit oil refineries in Moscow this morning, targeting facilities already struck earlier this week, according to reports. The fresh strikes deepen pressure on Moscow's fuel supply, which has faced mounting disruptions from repeated Ukrainian UAV raids on energy infrastructure in recent days.
A second wave of Ukrainian UAVs struck Moscow's oil refineries this morning (Thursday), hitting the same facilities that were first attacked earlier this week, according to reports. This is the latest turn in a sustained campaign that has progressively disrupted the capital's fuel supply. As The Zioneer reported at 13:20 Jerusalem on Tuesday, a massive fire at one refinery grounded all flights at Moscow's airports, marking the most severe single disruption so far.
The thread of reports have moved from initial, single-source claims to a broader corroborated picture. At 10:19 Tuesday, The Zioneer published the first report of a strike on a Moscow refinery, citing the Abu Ali Express channel. By the same hour, additional versions had confirmed the attack, noted a drone strike that lifted a fuel storage lid, and reported that dozens of drones had hit a refinery that had already been struck days earlier — with Russia beginning to import fuel from Asian countries. At 10:19, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin officially confirmed the strike on the refinery and reported no casualties. The story escalated by 13:20 Tuesday, when a massive fire at a refinery fully halted air traffic at the capital's airports. Later that day, an Arabic-language source reported the refinery's operations were halted; further reports described the airspace closure, with The Zioneer noting the facility supplies about 40% of Moscow's fuel.
As The Zioneer reported on Sunday (Jun 14) at 11:10 Jerusalem, Russia's fuel crisis was already deepening after another refinery was struck overnight, fueling restrictions in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and President Vladimir Putin claimed he "didn't start the war." On Jun 8, Russia's Energy Ministry acknowledged that Ukrainian airstrikes were causing temporary fuel-supply difficulties in the country's south. On Jun 12, a strike hit a refinery in Nizhnekamsk. The current attack, described by analysts as extensive, adds a second blow to the same Moscow refineries within days.
It remains unclear whether the new strikes have caused casualties or forced fresh flight disruptions. The Ukrainian military has not formally commented on the operation. The precise scale of damage to the refineries and how much capacity has been knocked offline is still not independently confirmed.
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