Ukraine strikes Moscow’s largest oil refinery, just 15 km from Kremlin
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President Vladimir Putin moved nearly all of Russia’s most advanced air defense systems to protect Moscow. It was not enough. Ukraine struck the capital’s largest oil refinery on Wednesday, hitting a target just 15 kilometers from the Kremlin. The attack bypassed Russia’s concentrated defenses, delivering a direct blow to fuel supplies and exposing a critical vulnerability in the capital’s security.