{"id":361560,"date":"2026-09-20T03:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ukrainian-drones-target-moscow-oil-refinery-in-deadly-attack-russian-officials-say"},"modified":"2026-09-20T03:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:09:21","slug":"ukrainian-drones-target-moscow-oil-refinery-in-deadly-attack-russian-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ukrainian-drones-target-moscow-oil-refinery-in-deadly-attack-russian-officials-say","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones goal Moscow, oil refinery in lethal assault, Russian officers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">LONDON &#8212; <\/span>Plumes of smoke rose over Moscow on Sunday morning after Ukraine&#8217;s latest massed drone attack on the city in which a major oil refinery was among the targets, according to the Russian capital&#8217;s mayor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in posts to Telegram that 450 Ukrainian drones were shot down while heading toward the capital on Saturday night into Sunday morning, describing the latest attack as &#8220;unprecedented.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Several drones did reach the territory of the Moscow Oil Refinery, and one hit a residential building. There were no fatalities,&#8221; Sobyanin wrote, suggesting that the attack was &#8220;clearly planned to disrupt&#8221; the ongoing Russian parliamentary elections, voting in which is due to end on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Gazprom-MNPZ refinery sits southeast of Moscow city and is operated by the state-run energy giant Gazprom. The facility has a reported processing capacity of around 11 million tons of oil per year, making it one of the country&#8217;s largest such sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur gIjeL \" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/992dd93b-8640-420f-ba3b-57fa9c4dcba6\/Moscow-refinery-DB-260920_1789888227542_hpMain.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/992dd93b-8640-420f-ba3b-57fa9c4dcba6\/Moscow-refinery-DB-260920_1789888227542_hpMain.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/992dd93b-8640-420f-ba3b-57fa9c4dcba6\/Moscow-refinery-DB-260920_1789888227542_hpMain.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/992dd93b-8640-420f-ba3b-57fa9c4dcba6\/Moscow-refinery-DB-260920_1789888227542_hpMain.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Andrey Vorobyov\" alt=\"Andrey Vorobyov\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/992dd93b-8640-420f-ba3b-57fa9c4dcba6\/Moscow-refinery-DB-260920_1789888227542_hpMain.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW aiQHS lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">A man rides a bicycle on an embankment of the Moskva River, with Gazprom Neft&#8217;s Moscow Oil Refinery seen in distance, on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on Sept. 20, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">-\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Counter-Disinformation Center operating as part of Ukraine&#8217;s National Security and Defense Council, said in a post to Telegram that a &#8220;major incident is occurring&#8221; at the refinery, which he said &#8220;supplies fuel to their capital city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post to Telegram that Kyiv&#8217;s long-range strikes &#8220;had a very significant impact in the Moscow region last night,&#8221; reporting a hit on &#8220;one of Russia\u2019s key oil industry facilities&#8221; which he said contributes &#8220;billions of dollars&#8221; to Russia&#8217;s &#8220;war machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Moscow must end its brutal war and choose peace instead of building layered rings of air defense at the expense of other regions,&#8221; Zelenskyy wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The governor of the Moscow region, Andrey Vorobyov, reported in a post to Telegram that one person was killed and five others injured when a drone hit an apartment block in Sofino, to the southwest of Moscow city. Another person was killed in the Orekhovo-Zuevsky area to the east of the capital, Vorobyov said, with one person also injured in the southern Leninsky district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A total of 20 people were injured in the attacks, Vorobyov said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur gIjeL \" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/3b3b8446-660f-4e12-82d3-172181587303\/Moscow-damage-DB-260920_1789890214193_hpMain.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/3b3b8446-660f-4e12-82d3-172181587303\/Moscow-damage-DB-260920_1789890214193_hpMain.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/3b3b8446-660f-4e12-82d3-172181587303\/Moscow-damage-DB-260920_1789890214193_hpMain.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/3b3b8446-660f-4e12-82d3-172181587303\/Moscow-damage-DB-260920_1789890214193_hpMain.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Governor\" alt=\"Governor\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/3b3b8446-660f-4e12-82d3-172181587303\/Moscow-damage-DB-260920_1789890214193_hpMain.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW aiQHS lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">A view shows a damaged multi-storey apartment building following a drone attack in Kotelniki in the Moscow region on Sept. 20, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">-\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Vorobyov also reported a fire at an apartment building in the Ramensky district to the southwest of the capital &#8212; which prompted an evacuation of 400 people and damage to 20 cars &#8212; a fire at a warehouse complex in Sofino and a &#8220;serious fire&#8221; at an apartment building in Kotelniki, southeast of Moscow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">All four of Moscow&#8217;s international airports &#8212; Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Sheremetyevo &#8212; were put under temporary flight restrictions overnight, according to Rosaviatsiya, Russia&#8217;s federal air transport agency. The restrictions were lifted on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry said it shot down 1,110 Ukrainian drones overnight &#8212; the largest overnight figure ever reported by the ministry, according to ABC News analysis of its Telegram statements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ukraine&#8217;s air force, meanwhile, said Russia launched 138 drones into the country overnight, of which 101 were intercepted or otherwise suppressed. Around half of the drones launched were jet-powered, the air force said. Impacts were reported in 17 locations, the air force added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ukraine&#8217;s State Emergency Service said that three people &#8212; among them two children &#8212; were killed in a Russian attack on the Kyiv region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/International\/ukrainian-drones-target-moscow-oil-refinery-deadly-attack\/story?id=136595832\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON &#8212; Plumes of smoke rose over Moscow on Sunday morning after Ukraine&#8217;s latest massed drone attack on the city in which a major oil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":361563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32012,2697,37173,1609,7089,609,31702,3575,32013,37175,37174],"class_list":["post-361560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-andrey-vorobyov","tag-governor","tag-leninsky","tag-mayor","tag-moscow","tag-president","tag-ramensky","tag-russia","tag-sergey-sobyanin","tag-the-gazprom","tag-ukraines-nationwide-safety-and-protection-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361562,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361560\/revisions\/361562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}