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The Security Service of Ukraine, together with other components of the Defense Forces, struck the Moscow Oil Refinery in the Kapotnya area, just 15 kilometers from the Kremlin. Long-range drones from the SBU Special Operations Center “Alpha” flew over 500 kilometers and breached Russia’s layered air defenses to reach the target. A large fire was recorded at the facility.
According to the Security Service of Ukraine, the SBS, SSO, GUR, and other components of the Defense Forces participated in the operation. The Moscow refinery is one of the key enterprises in Russia’s oil-processing industry, capable of refining over 11,6 million tons of oil per year. The plant supplies up to 35% of Moscow and the region’s needs for high-quality fuel, produces gasoline, aviation kerosene, diesel fuel, and fuel oil, and is the main supplier of aviation fuel for Moscow airports.
The General Staff specified that the primary ADT-6 processing unit, the complex oil refining unit, and the isomerization unit of the Gazpromneft–Moscow Refinery were hit. They emphasized that such strikes are Ukraine’s exercise of its right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter and are aimed at reducing Russia’s military-economic potential, since the plant is involved in supplying the Russian armed forces.
Zelensky described the scale of the operation and the weapons used
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky posted footage of the strike and said that Ukrainian long-range responses were felt very strongly in the Moscow region last night. According to him, they managed to hit one of the Russian oil industry’s key enterprises and an aggressor logistics site, and the damage to the enemy’s war machine is estimated in the billions of dollars.
“They used, among others, FP-1, RZ-100, MICH-2000, ‘Palyanytsya’, Vendetta, ‘Lyutyi’, ‘Bars’, ‘Flamingo’, ‘Sichen’, Pelican,” Zelensky clarified.
Zelensky thanked the soldiers of the SBU, SBS, SSO, GUR, and SZR for their accuracy and reported that sanctions were additionally imposed on an enterprise in the Voronezh region.
“Moscow should not build layered rings of air defenses at the expense of other regions, but end its brutal war and choose peace,” Zelensky emphasized.
The president added that concrete steps for de-escalation in the energy and food security sectors are already on the table, and only political will is needed to implement them. He thanked everyone who strengthens Ukraine’s long-range capabilities and those who complement military responses with sanctions.
Why refineries are becoming a regular target for the Defense Forces
Strikes on the Moscow refinery have long ceased to be isolated incidents — Russia’s fuel infrastructure remains a priority target to reduce the aggressor’s military-economic potential. Each new hit places additional burden on the already weakened logistics of fuel supply in the Moscow region, and Russia is forced to expand rings of air defense around Moscow at the expense of weakening coverage in other regions.
Earlier, Informator reported that partisans of the ATESH movement claimed a sabotage in Taganrog, disabling a turnout on a key section of track that supplies the Russian southern group of forces. We also wrote that the SBU’s military counterintelligence created and has already successfully used in combat a new interceptor drone against the rocket ‘Shaheds,’ which President Volodymyr Zelensky announced after a briefing by SBU head Oleksandr Poklad.
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