Moscow residents complain after Ukraine attacks oil refinery

Moscow residents reported a strange "oil rain" after a Ukrainian drone attack struck the Kapotnya refinery, causing thick smoke to billow into the sky and wounding 17 people in the Moscow region. Motorists on the Moscow ringroad could see the fire at the refinery. Residents in the southeastern Moscow region told the BBC that a fine drizzle had left "unpleasant black spots" on their clothes.

Moscow authorities initially denied that any "oil rain" had fallen. However, the city's official Telegram channel later warned residents of the affected district to keep their windows closed. It also advised families with children, the elderly, and asthmatics to leave the area urgently. The refinery in southeast Moscow was hit for the third time in a month and the second time this week.

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We don’t want this war and have never wanted it. But if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn too.

Russia's defense ministry claimed nearly 200 drones were fired towards the capital, with almost 1,000 drones and four cruise missiles intercepted and destroyed across the country in 24 hours. An oil depot in the southern Rostov region was also struck, resulting in one fatality. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated the drone strike was retaliation for a recent Russian attack on Kyiv.

In response to the attacks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov vowed that strikes on Ukraine would be delivered "on a mass scale." Moscow's four airports were temporarily shut down, and over 500 flights were canceled or delayed. Despite local authorities banning the publication of images of drone strike aftermaths, numerous videos circulated on social media showing drones and explosions over industrial areas on Moscow's outskirts.

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