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igniting a large blaze at the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya and hitting warehouses in Sofyino, regional officials reported. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed damage to a refinery facility and claimed 450 drones were intercepted on the approaches to the Russian capital. by (https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/1061) Tymur Dubovyk | Sept. 20, 2026, 9:52 am (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.kyivpost.com) Make us preferred on Google (https://flipboard.com/@KyivPost?utm_campaign=tools&utm_medium=follow&action=follow) Flip Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky (https://www.kyivpost.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fcc38f899e96999f88c1af949d8e9998dc9a8e9391dcb785958aac938f88c6dcb09d8e9b998f88dcb88e939299dcaf888e959799dc9392dcb1938f9f938bdcb495888fdcb39590dcae999a9592998e85dc9d9298dcb0939b958f88959f8fdcb4899edcda9e939885c12c5d94999f97dc938988dc8894958fdc9d8e88959f9099c6dc9488888c8fc6d3d38b8b8bd29785958a8c938f88d29f9391d38c938f88d3c4c8c5cecb) Email Copy Copied (Largest Drone Strike on Moscow Hits Oil Refinery and Logistics Hub) The aftermath of a massive drone attack on the Moscow Region, Sept.20. (Photo by Exilenova+/Telegram) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky (https://www.kyivpost.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#310e4244535b5452450c6259504354551157435e5c117a485847615e42450b117d5043565442451175435e5f5411624543585a54115e5f117c5e42525e461179584542117e585d11635457585f54434811505f55117d5e56584245585242117944531117535e55480ce1905954525a115e444511455958421150434558525d540b1159454541420b1e1e4646461f5a485847415e42451f525e5c1e415e42451e0905080306) Email Copy Copied (https://flipboard.com/@KyivPost?utm_campaign=tools&utm_medium=follow&action=follow) Flip (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.kyivpost.com) Make us preferred on Google A major wave of Ukrainian strike (https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/drones) drones targeted (https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/moscow) 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. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the (https://t.me/Kyivpost_official) @Kyivpost_official . 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 (https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/Russia) 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. Advertisement 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. 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(https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/84719) (The AfD-Kremlin Axis Threatens Poland) Other Topics of Interest (https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/84719) The AfD-Kremlin Axis Threatens Poland It’s a five-alarm fire and Warsaw, more than any other capital, needs to mobilize with Ukraine. The facility provides approximately 40 percent of the fuel supply for the capital city and accounts for roughly 70 percent of all gasoline and aviation kerosene consumed across the wider Moscow region. Disruption to the refinery’s operational capacity poses significant logistical challenges for metropolitan transport networks and commercial aviation hubs surrounding the capital. Concurrently, Ukrainian defense technology firm Fire Point (https://t.me/firepointofficial/342) announced that Ukrainian Defense Forces utilized FP-1 long-range attack drones to destroy a major commercial storage facility in the Moscow region. Advertisement Footage published by monitoring channels confirmed a widespread fire at logistics warehouses operated by the firm Sovremennye Skladskie Tekhnologii (Modern Warehouse Technologies) in Sofyino, located within the Ramensky district. Astra reported that a Russian Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery system was deployed approximately 500 meters from the burning warehouse site. Sustained strikes against Russian refining and air power The overnight operation marks the latest escalation in Ukraine’s systematic campaign targeting fuel manufacturing and military logistics deep inside Russian territory. The assault in the Moscow region follows coordinated long-range strikes on Sept. 17 that (https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84705) hit strategic facilities in Rostov-on-Don and Yaroslavl . In that operation, long-range drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine’s ((https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/sbu) SBU ) “Alpha” Special Operations Center struck the Rostov-Tsentralny military airfield, hitting six military transport aircraft and helicopters and triggering structural fires in the parking sector. Concurrently on Sept. 17, a joint Ukrainian intelligence and military operation damaged the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl, located 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow. Advertisement The Yaroslavl facility, which processes 15 million metric tons of crude annually, caught fire after multiple drone impacts, prompting the temporary closure of the M-8 federal highway. President Volodymyr (https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/zelensky) Zelensky confirmed the Rostov and Yaroslavl engagements, noting that asymmetric deep strikes across Russian energy networks and military aviation hubs remain vital to degrading Moscow’s logistical ability to sustain combat operations. 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