Ukraine drone strike hits major Russian oil refinery near Moscow

Ukraine hit a major 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 all-out invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attacks retaliation for a strike that damaged a historic monastery in Kyiv this week, and he said "Moscow will burn" if the Russian attacks continue. "We don't want this war, we never did, and everyone knows it, and our partners know it," Zelenskiy said in a voice message sent to reporters on a WhatsApp group. "But if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn." "The main thing is that the people of Russia begin to feel that it is one man, Putin, who is waging this war, while ordinary people pay the price for everything," he said. Smoke rises from an oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone attack, in Moscow, Russia, June 18, 2026, in a picture obtained from social media. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS The attack came hours after Zelenskyy said he had held "an important coordination call" with President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron that may "bring about significant change." Zelenskyy said his country had won key pledges of further support from world leaders attending the G7 summit in France, including the U.S. Images and video released by the Russian media showed massive fires raging at the Moscow Oil Refinery, located only around 9 miles from the Kremlin. …