Today Moscow and the Moscow region were subjected to the most massive Ukrainian attack during the entire conflict.

On the morning of June 18, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported 555 downed drones, more than 190 of them were shot down on approach to Moscow, reported Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack “a fair response to Russian attacks on our cities and communities.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov promised that Russia would respond to Ukraine for Moscow with a massive strike. Meanwhile, Z-bloggers began en masse to admire the “successful” repulsion of the Ukrainian attack. ASTRA published footage of air defense operations.

In just one day, 992 Ukrainian drones were shot down. This is a daily record since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine. Also shot down were 10 guided bombs, three HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and four Flamingo long-range cruise missiles.

In the Moscow region there are 17 victims, including two children, said Governor Andrei Vorobyov. Residents complained about the lack of SMS and sirens.

ASTRA established that the Moscow refinery of Gazpromneft-MNPZ JSC was attacked. The roof of the refinery's oil storage facility was torn off by an explosion. Reuters writes that Ukraine has disabled two oil distillation units at the Moscow refinery - all refining capacity has been lost. During the June 16 strike, another unit that supplied more than half of the refinery's capacity was hit. ASTRA readers are reporting queues at gas stations and increased gas prices.

After today's attack, people talked about "oil rain." However, the Ministry of Ecology of the region “ refutes ” such messages.

In addition, a residential complex in the Novye Kotelniki microdistrict, 16, and an office building on Dzerzhinskoye Highway, 1 came under attack. Also, due to the fall of UAV debris , the Sadovod market and the roof of the Belaya Dacha shopping center were damaged. Several apartment buildings were damaged. In particular, ASTRA showed footage from Zhukovsky .