Men interact in a residential locality blanketed in black smoke in Moscow on June 18, 2026.AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian drones strike Moscow, setting oil refinery ablaze – POLITICO

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Ukrainian drones struck several targets around Moscow on Wednesday night, setting an oil refinery on fire and forcing the Russian capital’s airports to suspend flights.

Both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed the attacks. Photos and videos circulating on social media and news agencies showed the refinery on fire, with thick black smoke rising above the site.

“Last night, our long-range sanctions once again reached the Moscow region — for the second time this week, the Moscow oil refinery was hit,” Zelenskyy wrote on X on Thursday morning.