RUSSIA has suffered its biggest ever air raid in the war so far as Ukraine fights back with kamikaze drones in a series of onslaughts across the country.
Dramatic footage shows the self destructive
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Onlookers screamed in horror as the Moscow Oil Refinery burned in the capital’s southeastern Kapotnya district as part of Ukraine’s latest incursion.
Grey smoke is seen billowing from the refinery’s towers before turning into a mushroom cloud.
The Moscow Oil Refinery is owned by state-owned Gazprom, part of Russian energy giant Gazprom.
Unprepared Russian defenders were stuck using machine guns to shoot down the unmanned planes as they descended.
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One dramatic video shows a Lyuty Ukrainian drone approach the oil refinery unimpeded watched by workers – before diving an exploding in a pinpoint strike.
Another unmanned plane struck the Konakovo Power Station in Tver, two hours from Moscow, which is said to be the largest energy producer in central Russia.
The shocking clip shows the building, right next to a lake, go up in flames as a dark grey cloud of smoke appears as passersby stroll past as drones flew low into what appeared to be a residential area.
One man can be heard saying “They’re ****ing annoying. We’ve ****ed up everything. They’re shooting them with machine guns.”
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Kashira Power Plant in Moscow region was also targeted.
A staggering 160 or so kamikaze drones were deployed as Russia suffered its biggest air raid since the war began in February 2022.
The drone siege covering 16 separate regions was filmed by panic-stricken residents who happened to be nearby.
The first wave occurred near Podolsk after 1am; another was shot down in Stupino district around 3am.
While the attack on the Moscow Oil Refinery at Kapotnya came at around 6:30am.
Three Moscow airports – Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky – have since imposed flight restrictions.
The departure of 74 flights was delayed, and 43 incoming aircraft were forced to divert.
On the approaches to Moscow, air defence forces intercepted nine drones, according to the city’s mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
More were intercepted in the Odintsovo and Leninsky districts at 5am.
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Reports said 46 drones were shot down over Kursk region, 34 over Bryansk region, 28 over Voronezh region, 14 over Belgorod region, and eight over the Ryazan region.
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