Ukrainian drones struck the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya on 18 June, setting off fires and sending thick smoke over the capital. The site sits about 15 km from the Kremlin and supplies road fuel to Moscow, so the hit landed inside a tightly protected logistics node.
Russian air defences claimed to intercept hundreds of drones overnight, but several still reached the refinery and forced temporary suspensions at Moscow airports, including passenger evacuations at Sheremetyevo. It was the second strike on the same facility in three days, extending pressure on Russia’s urban energy infrastructure and its airfield network.
The next test is resilience: more launch density, more refinery attrition, and more operational disruption for the capital.