{"id":1516324,"date":"2026-06-18T03:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1516324"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:23:05","slug":"ukraine-hits-moscow-oil-refinery-disrupting-commercial-flights-in-major-drone-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1516324","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine hits Moscow oil refinery, disrupting commercial flights in major drone attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian strike, in Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo\/Mykola Synelnykov)<\/figcaption><\/figure>Ukraine hit a Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia\u2019s invasion more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Russian Defense Ministry said that its air defenses overnight shot down 555 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions, with almost 200 intercepted as they were approaching the Russian capital.<\/p>\n

Several drones hit the Moscow Oil Refinery on the southeastern outskirts of the city, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.<\/p>\n

The Russian Transport Ministry said that flights from four Moscow airports were halted.<\/p>\n

The attack came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had held \u201can important coordination call\u201d with U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron that may \u201cbring about significant change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said Wednesday his country had won key pledges of further support from world leaders attending the G7 summit in France.<\/p>\n

?These last few days were very important for Ukraine because it is the reunification of the G7 around Ukraine,? Macron told reporters as he and Trump left the Palace of Versailles near Paris.<\/p>\n

?And now we will continue to advance to help Ukraine to resist? and to build up its ?capacity to defend itself and capacity to counterattack,” Macron said.<\/p>\n

The attack comes as President Vladimir Putin is in Kazan, 700 kilometers (430 miles) east of Moscow, hosting leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as Russia seeks to bolster business and other ties.<\/p>\n

The two-day meeting is set to consider ways to expand Russia\u2019s \u201cstrategic partnership\u201d with ASEAN nations that include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, East Timor and Vietnam, according to Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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