{"id":352773,"date":"2026-06-18T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=352773"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:17:55","slug":"moscow-blanketed-in-noxious-smoke-after-ukraine-launches-biggest-attack-on-russia-yet-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/moscow-blanketed-in-noxious-smoke-after-ukraine-launches-biggest-attack-on-russia-yet-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow blanketed in noxious smoke after Ukraine launches biggest attack on Russia yet | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Moscow\u00a0was shrouded in noxious black smoke today after Ukraine\u2019s biggest attack on the Russian capital in the course of the war up to now.<\/p>\n

Russian air defences appear to have didn’t protect town from swarms of drones today, with locals saying they\u2019ve never seen anything prefer it.<\/p>\n

\u2018Nobody has ever bombed\u00a0Moscow\u00a0like this before,\u2019 Exilenova+ reported.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Moscow\u00a0Oil Refinery at Kapotnya \u2013 one among the most important in Russia and partially damaged in an attack earlier this week \u2013 was repeatedly hit with explosions, with smoke turning the sky a dark black.<\/p>\n

\u2018That is pure hell, I\u2019ve never felt such terror,\u2019 one resident said. <\/p>\n

One other demanded: \u2018Why won\u2019t this madman stop his crazy and pointless war and end the death and destruction?\u2019<\/p>\n

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A large security operation was launched across the Kremlin, with Red Square sealed off and machine-gunners on the towers and Lenin\u2019s Mausoleum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Between tower blocks, black smoke piled up as the hearth worsened (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cars in Moscow were set ablaze because the drones attacked (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Electronic warfare and air defence missiles shot down multiple incoming drones \u2013 redirecting several to hit residential buildings, shattering glass and igniting fires.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moscow\u00a0residents were forced to cower in underground automotive parks amid the Ukrainian onslaught.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Considered one of\u00a0Moscow\u2019s largest shopping centres was burning after successful, and town\u2019s most important airports suspended all flights while blocking traffic on the most important ring road.<\/p>\n

Russian air defences claimed to have shot down 555 Ukrainian drones overnight \u2014 but enough An-196 Liutyi and FP-1 unmanned planes reached targets to inflict mayhem on the Russian capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moscow\u2019s most important oil refinery supplies 40% of the fuel market in\u00a0Moscow\u00a0and 70% of the encircling region\u2019s needs for gasoline and aviation fuel.<\/p>\n

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Large plumes of black smoke were seen across the skyline (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An oil refinery in Russia\u2019s Rostov region was also set ablaze, in a strike that killed one person.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s onslaught reinforced how Ukraine has turned across the war, inflicting a succession of major setbacks on Putin, who can be failing to achieve significant frontline territory while losing ground in several sectors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Volodymyr Zelensky has said the war could stop if Putin engages in real peace talks, however the Russian dictator repeatedly refuses to accomplish that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In revenge attacks, Russia hit Ukrainian oil facilities within the Poltava region and shut to Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Russia was spotted moving Tu-95MS strategic bombers across the country, suggesting a serious strike on Ukraine is probably going in the approaching days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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