Ukraine launched a massive overnight drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region, with one of the apparent targets being a major oil depot that supplies fuel to three of the Russian capital’s airports.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said 650 drones were launched toward Moscow between the evening of Oct. 5 and the morning of Oct. 6. Russian air defenses claimed to have destroyed most of them before they reached the city, including 105 drones on approaches to Moscow.
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Moscow Oblast Governor Andrei Vorobyov said 185 drones were intercepted overnight. More than 10 private homes were damaged in Istra, the village of Lobanovo and the settlement of Radumlya, he said.
“Six people were injured. Unfortunately, there is one fatality,” Vorobyov said.
One of the apparent targets was the Volodarskaya Line Production and Dispatch Station (LPDS), described by the Russian investigative outlet Astra as the largest oil depot in the Moscow region.
The facility is operated by Transnefteprodukt, part of Russia’s state-owned Transneft oil pipeline company. It can handle up to 3 million metric tons of petroleum products a year, including gasoline, aviation fuel and diesel.
Fuel from the facility is supplied to Moscow’s three major airports – Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo.
The reported strike came just days after Ukraine attacked another major Transneft facility in Russia.
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On Oct. 2, Ukrainian forces struck the Samara LPDS in Samara Oblast, Russia’s largest oil hub, according to Russian media reports. A fire broke out at the facility following the attack.
The Samara facility has 71 storage tanks with a combined capacity of more than 1.6 million cubic meters and serves as a junction for four major oil pipelines.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak also said that Ukrainian forces attacked four Russian oil refineries overnight on Oct. 2, although he did not identify the facilities.
Novak said Russian authorities and oil companies had strengthened security around refineries and were considering additional support measures for the oil-processing sector, including extending deadlines for planned modernization projects.
The attacks come as Ukraine has increasingly targeted Russia’s oil infrastructure, a key source of revenue for Moscow and a critical part of the country’s fuel supply system.
On Monday, Oct. 5, US President Donald Trump again blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries for elevated gasoline prices, arguing that disruptions linked to the war with Iran were no longer the main factor.
“What’s driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, claiming record volumes of oil were now moving through the waterway. Instead, he pointed to Russian refineries “being blown up by Ukraine” as a driver of higher prices.
Trump also blamed refinery closures in Democratic-led states. His comments come ahead of next month’s US midterm elections, with Republicans fighting to retain control of Congress.