💥 Attack

Ukrainian strikes on the Moscow Oil Refinery from June 17 to 18 damaged the primary oil refining unit, three RVS-10,000 tanks, and one RVS-30,000 tank.

June 18, 2026 Moscow, Moscow Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Institute for the Study of War Meduza Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Moscow Oil Refinery (location) Ukrainian strikes (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) drone (weapon_system) Russian air defense (military_unit) Ukraine (organization) Kotelniki administration (organization) Emergency Situations Ministry (organization) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Ukraine General Staff (organization) drone attack (weapon_system) Kapotnya district (location) RVS-10000 oil storage tanks (weapon_system) RVS-30000 tank (weapon_system) Moscow (location) a drone raid (weapon_system) Novye Kotelniki microdistrict (location) Sadovod shopping center (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) AVT-6 unit (weapon_system) Liutyi drones (weapon_system) Firepoint drones (weapon_system) Behemoth drones (weapon_system) Druzhba oil refinery (location)

Source Reports

Institute for the Study of War →

The Ukrainian General Staff reported on June 19 that Ukrainian strikes on the Moscow Oil Refinery on June 17 to 18 damaged the primary oil refining unit, three RVS-10,000 tanks, and one RVS-30,000 tank

Meduza →

Moscow and the surrounding region came under attack from about 200 Ukrainian drones on June 18, damaging an oil refinery in the Kapotnya district.

Kyiv Independent →

Ukraine launches largest drone attack on Moscow since start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, hits oil refinery.

Kyiv Post →

Moscow's biggest oil refinery near the Kremlin was hit again by a drone raid, sparking fires across the Russian capital.

UNIAN →

Ukrainian forces struck four storage tanks at the Moscow Oil Refinery on June 18, 2026, causing the facility to suspend refining operations indefinitely.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.706Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-19-2026