Ukraine’s Massive Drone Blitz Rocks Moscow: Oil Refinery Hit, Airports Paralyzed As Russia Claims 555 Drones Shot Down | Video
Ukraine launched a drone attack on Moscow, hitting an oil refinery for the second time in a week and disrupting flights at four airports. Russia said it downed 555 drones, including 200 near the capital. The strike followed Zelenskyy’s talks with Trump and Macron at the G7, where further support for Ukraine was pledged. Putin hosted ASEAN leaders in Kazan.
Ukraine’s Massive Drone Blitz Rocks Moscow: Oil Refinery Hit, Airports Paralyzed As Russia Claims 555 Drones Shot Down | Video | X
Moscow: Ukraine hit a Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia's invasion more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday.
Air defences and refinery hit
The Russian Defence Ministry said that its air defences overnight shot down 555 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions, with almost 200 intercepted as they were approaching the Russian capital.
Several drones hit the Moscow Oil Refinery on the southeastern outskirts of the city, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
The Russian Transport Ministry said that flights from four Moscow airports were halted.
Ukraine and G7 coordination
The attack came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had held “an important coordination call” with US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron that may “bring about significant change.” Zelenskyy said Wednesday his country had won key pledges of further support from world leaders attending the G7 summit in France.
"These last few days were very important for Ukraine because it is the reunification of the G7 around Ukraine," Macron told reporters as he and Trump left the Palace of Versailles near Paris.
"And now we will continue to advance to help Ukraine to resist and to build up its capacity to defend itself and capacity to counterattack," Macron said.
Putin hosts ASEAN leaders
The attack comes as President Vladimir Putin is in Kazan, 700 kilometres (430 miles) east of Moscow, hosting leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as Russia seeks to bolster business and other ties.
The two-day meeting is set to consider ways to expand Russia's “strategic partnership” with ASEAN nations that include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, East Timor and Vietnam, according to Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov.
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