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Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow since the war began on Thursday NBC News reported June 18, 2026 that the assault appeared to be Ukraine’s largest on the city since Russia invaded more than four years earlier — NBC News
hitting the Kapotnya oil refinery for the second time in three days RFE/RL reported June 18, 2026 that the strike was the second to hit the Moscow Oil Refinery within days, following the June 16 attack — RFE/RL
The plant sits about ten miles from the Kremlin NBC News reported the Kapotnya refinery is in southeast Moscow, about 10 miles from the Kremlin — NBC News
it’s run by a subsidiary of state-owned Gazprom ABC News reported June 18, 2026 that the Moscow Oil Refinery is run by a subsidiary of state-owned Gazprom — ABC News
it supplies roughly 40% of Moscow’s gasoline and half its diesel LBC reported June 18, 2026 that the Kapotnya refinery supplies up to 40% of the capital’s petrol and 50% of its diesel — LBC
Reuters reports operations have halted Reuters reported the Moscow refinery halted operations after the drone strike, per Ukrinform’s June 16, 2026 summary — Ukrinform / Reuters
Sixteen people were injured in the surrounding region, two of them children Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyov said June 18, 2026 that 16 people were injured, including two children — RFE/RL
Ukraine has been hitting Russian refineries for months in what Kyiv openly calls its long-range sanctions campaign Kyiv Post reported June 16, 2026 that Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign, which Kyiv frames as an oil-sanctions effort, has targeted Russian fuel and logistics infrastructure for months — Kyiv Post
Fuel shortages have spread to more than 25 regions Kyiv Post reported June 16, 2026 that more than 25 Russian regions were experiencing fuel shortages — Kyiv Post
Stations in Moscow and St. Petersburg are now rationing Kyiv Post reported June 15, 2026 that fuel retailers introduced gasoline and diesel sale limits in Moscow and St. Petersburg following the refinery strikes — Kyiv Post
The government has authorized lower-grade Euro-3 gasoline Euromaidan Press reported June 16, 2026 that authorities allowed the sale of lower-grade Euro-3 gasoline in place of Euro-5 — Euromaidan Press
pushed roughly 9 billion dollars in subsidies to oil companies in April and May alone Kyiv Post reported that oil firms received about 700 billion rubles ($9 billion) in state subsidies across April and May 2026 — Kyiv Post
exchange diesel prices have climbed 43% this year Euromaidan Press reported, citing The Moscow Times, that exchange diesel prices were up 43% this year — Euromaidan Press
Ukraine has spent months striking the fuel convoys and depots feeding it. Crimea is now in an acute gasoline shortage The Moscow Times reported June 16, 2026 that Ukraine has targeted fuel trucks supplying annexed Crimea, causing an acute gasoline shortage on the peninsula — The Moscow Times
That’s the logic of the whole campaign — drain the oil money funding the war Euromaidan Press reported, citing Bloomberg, that Kyiv has struck refineries to cut the oil revenue funding the war — Euromaidan Press