Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks across Moscow early on Thursday morning, as it continued to target the Russian energy industry.
In a series of posts on Telegram, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defences had intercepted 180 UAVS approaching the capital but that "several" had managed to strike a refinery in what he called a "massive" attack. It is the second time the refinery has been hit this week.
Video footage circulating on social media appears to show an enormous explosion and major fire at the scene. Emergency services are attending attack sites around the city, per Sobyanin.
Andrey Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region, said a fire caused by drone debris also broke out at a shopping centre in the southeast of Moscow and that another drone struck an apartment building in Zhukovsky, damaging part of a fire escape.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on the refinery in a post on X, sharing a video appearing to show the aftermath of the strikes.
