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Ukraine strikes Moscow oil refinery for second time this week

newsJun 18, 2026887,828

Ukraine struck the Kapotnya oil refinery in Moscow's southeast with multiple drones early Thursday, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin and Russian officials said. The attack, the second on the same facility this week after a June 16 strike, sparked fires and forced the refinery to pause operations, Russian industry sources said. Because the Kapotnya refinery supplies a large share of fuel to Moscow and supports military logistics, repeated hits risk worsening fuel shortages and impairing Russian supply lines.

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