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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jessie Williams

Ukraine sends Moscow oil refinery up in flames with largest drone attack on city in two years

Ukraine hit a major Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week, sending thick black clouds of smoke into the sky, and disrupted commercial flights at the city’s airports in one of its biggest drone attacks of the war.

Russian air defences shot down at least 194 drones headed for the city, according to Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin. It was part of a major, long-range attack across parts of Russia, with air defences intercepting 555 drones overall, according to the Russian ministry of defence.

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