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“A Ukrainian drone onslaught damaged a installation astatine the Moscow lipid refinery owned by Russia's Gazpromneft,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026). "There were nary casualties. Emergency services are moving astatine the scene," Mr. Sobyanin wrote on Telegram. He did not say whether the refinery's operations person been affected.
The plant, the biggest successful the Moscow region, processed 11.6 cardinal tons of oil, producing 2.9 cardinal tons of petrol and 3.2 cardinal tons of diesel successful 2024, the latest disposable information showed. The fig of drone strikes on Russian refineries has doubled since the commencement of 2026, leading to afloat oregon partial shutdowns of lipid processing and a diminution successful the accumulation of gasoline, diesel, and pitchy fuel, according to authoritative data, societal media, and Reuters calculations.
The Gazpromneft refinery serves the Moscow region, which has not truthful acold been among the twelve oregon truthful Russian regions wherever determination person been proviso disruptions.
