Ukraine hit Moscow with what’s being described as its largest drone assault since the war began, targeting the city’s biggest fuel supplier and forcing flights to reroute across the Russian capital. The June 16 strike on the Kapotnya oil refinery, owned by Gazprom Neft, knocked out refining units responsible for 53% of the facility’s total capacity.
That facility processes more than 11 million tons of oil annually.
What happened on the ground
Moscow’s mayor reported that air defenses intercepted somewhere between 60 and nearly 200 Ukrainian drones during the operation.
Fires broke out at the refinery as a direct result of the strikes. Operations at Kapotnya were halted entirely following the attack, cutting off a major source of refined fuel for the Moscow region.
