Russian oil refinery on fire after barrage of Ukrainian drones strike Moscow
by Peter Beaumont in Pavlohrad, Warren Murray and Pjo from World news | The Guardian on (#76CZQ)
Scale of long range-attack catches Muscovites by surprise, prompting panicked messages on social media
Ukrainian drones have hit several locations across Moscow in Kyiv's biggest air raid on the city in two years, setting a major oil refinery on fire and forcing evacuations at the country's largest airport. The Ukrainian president, Volodomyr Zelenskky, described the attack as a response to Russia's striking of a historic Kyiv monastery complex earlier this week
The scale of the long-range attack, apparently designed to shut down operations at the key oil refinery in the Kapotno area, caught most Muscovites by surprise in a city that does not typically warn residents with air raid alarms, and prompted panicked messages on social media.
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