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PUTIN'S WAR: "I found some information! Interesting, I think!" Breaking news! In its largest drone attack on Moscow in years, the Ukrainian army hit a major oil refinery and other targets in the Russian capital. AFP reporters described seeing huge plumes of black smoke rising over the city on Thursday. Residents had to be evacuated, and all Moscow airports were temporarily closed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attacks a "completely justified response" to Russian attacks on Ukraine. Moscow threatened retaliation. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin spoke of a "major attack." On the Telegram messaging service, he admitted, with regard to the oil refinery: "Several drones managed to hit MNPZ (the refinery)." According to him, the roads near the facility were closed. He did not provide any further details about possible damage. Following the drone attack on the oil refinery complex in the southern Kapotniya district, AFP reporters described smoke and an unpleasant odor over southern Moscow. Fires were visible at the facility. According to its website, the refinery supplies more than a third of the Russian capital's fuel needs. Air traffic was also disrupted. Moscow's largest airport, Sheremetyevo, announced that it had temporarily evacuated passengers to a "safe location." Flights resumed around 11:00 a.m. local time (9:00 a.m. CEST). Other Moscow airports were also closed for several hours, resulting in hundreds of delays. Meanwhile, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, reported a drone strike on an apartment building in the Zhukovsky district, south of Moscow. He also stated that drone debris had sparked a fire at a shopping mall in a Moscow suburb. According to the governor, 17 people were injured in the capital region, including two children. According to the TASS news agency, the attacks on Moscow were the largest in at least two years. While Mayor Sobyanin stated that 180 Ukrainian drones were intercepted by Moscow's air defenses, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that more than 500 drones were destroyed nationwide overnight into Thursday. In the southern Russian region of Rostov, one person was killed and at least two others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack, according to local authorities. Zelenskyy called the attacks a "completely justified response" to Russian attacks on Ukraine in online communications. Most recently, a Russian attack on the world-famous Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) complex in the Ukrainian capital caused extensive damage to the UNESCO World Heritage Site on Monday night. Zelenskyy reiterated that the Ukrainian drone attacks were "long-range sanctions." Now it is time to end the war, for which Russia must take the necessary diplomatic steps. The Russians must begin to feel that "one man, Putin, is waging this war," he told reporters on Thursday, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow threatened retaliation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists in Moscow that Putin had already announced that Russia would carry out further "massive attacks" against Ukraine. The Russian army "is carrying this out and will continue to do so." The attacks on Moscow came just hours before the start of a summit of the heads of state and government of the Southeast Asian ASEAN countries in Kazan, about 700 kilometers east of Moscow. Putin was the host. In his opening speech, he made no mention of the attacks. #Moscow #Ukraine #Russia #War #WorldNewsChannel Subscribe to the WELT YouTube Channel    / weltvideotv   WELT DOKU Channel    / weltdoku   WELT Podcast Channel    / weltpodcast   WELT Network Reporter Channel    / dienetzreporter   The WELT News Livestream http://bit.ly/2fwuMPg Top News on WELT.de http://bit.ly/2rQQD9Q The Media Library on WELT.de http://bit.ly/2Iydxv8 WELT News Channel on Instagram   / welt.nachrichtensender   WELT on Instagram   / welt   A note from us: Due to the high volume of inappropriate and offensive comments, we are currently unable to allow comments. Thank you for your understanding – the WELT team Video created in 2026