Moscow's largest oil refinery catches fire after drone attack

Meanwhile, the mayor of the Russian capital boasts that many UAVs have been shot down

Moscow is under attack on the morning of June 16, with an oil refinery (REF) on fire . This was reported on Telegram by Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council.

“Although Putin has pulled almost all key air defense and missile defense systems to Moscow, this does not save the Russians. Putin is not a guarantor of security for Muscovites,” he wrote.

At the same time, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that 25 UAVs had been shot down by the Defense Ministry’s air defense system. He noted that emergency services specialists are “working at the site of the debris fall.”

The information resource Exilenova+ writes that a refinery in the Kapotnya area is on fire.

“The largest refinery in Moscow, effectively a kill zone surrounded by dozens, hundreds of air defenses, is on fire,” the report says.

Video and photos of the fire have appeared online. It is noted that the refinery is located 15 kilometers from the Kremlin.

“The refinery supplies up to 40% of Moscow’s fuel market and about 70% of Moscow and the region’s gasoline needs,” the report says .

Strikes on Russia

As UNIAN reported, according to Energy Intelligence analysts, a series of drone attacks on Russian oil refineries has dealt a major blow to the Russian fuel industry. Russia may face the worst fuel crisis in its history.

It is noted that in May alone, drones successfully struck Russian refineries 16 times, with eight of the country’s ten largest plants being hit. In early June, oil refining volumes in Russia fell below 4 million barrels per day. This is the lowest figure since 2005.

This is not the first attack on Moscow and the region. In particular, drones attacked the Angstrem microelectronics plant and the Transneft facility in Zelenograd (Moscow, outside the Moscow Ring Road), the Solnechnogorskaya filling station (Durykino village, Moscow Region), which stores and transports petroleum products, and the Raduga Design Bureau, which develops cruise missiles and other missile weapons (Dubna settlement, Moscow Region).

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