A major wave of Ukrainian strike drones targeted Moscow and the surrounding region early Sunday morning, Sept. 20, igniting a large fire at the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya and destroying a logistics warehouse complex in the Ramensky district.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed that a drone impact damaged a facility on the grounds of the refinery in southeastern Moscow, claiming that no casualties occurred at the plant.
Sobyanin also reported that a separate drone struck a building along Orekhovy Boulevard in the southern sector of the capital.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed that Russian air defense units intercepted more than 1,600 unmanned aerial vehicles across all defensive lines since the previous day, including approximately 450 shot down on the approaches to Moscow.
Sobyanin formally designated the barrage as the most massive Ukrainian drone assault launched against the capital to date.
However, geolocation analysis of footage published by local residents and verified by independent outlet Astra confirmed an extensive fire at the Gazpromneft-owned refining complex.
Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov announced that the overnight attacks left at least two people dead and six others injured across the province, identifying the Ramensky district as sustaining the most severe damage.
