Moscow's airports experienced significant disruption for approximately 36 hours following the drone attacks.
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Moscow airports were a mess for about 36 hours.
A fire broke out at the Elma technology park, a company specializing in electronic equipment and optical devices.
A Moscow oil refinery may have been targeted during the attacks.
Drones struck a Gazprom-owned oil refinery in Kapotnya, damaging the security checkpoint but not the main plant facilities.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that 12 workers were injured at the refinery checkpoint.
Around 200 flights were delayed or canceled at Sheremetyevo Airport and nearly 100 at Vnukovo Airport following the attack.
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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:30.925Z
Source story: day-1548a-2026-05-24