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Two Ukrainian drone attacks on the Moscow Oil Refinery have disabled both of the plant’s main crude processing units, which together account for 100% of its primary oil refining capacity, Reuters reported, citing industry sources.
According to the report, the first strike on June 16 damaged the CDU-6 unit, which normally processes around 160,000 barrels per day, or about 53% of the refinery’s total capacity.
The plant was expected to restart its second main unit, Euro+, to continue processing oil at roughly half capacity while CDU-6 was under repair. However, Euro+ was damaged during a second attack on June 18.
The Euro+ unit, launched in 2020 as part of the refinery’s modernization program, accounts for the remaining 47% of the plant’s capacity.
Reuters sources said the second strike also damaged auxiliary units, inter-unit pipelines, and related equipment. Oil product storage tanks were also hit and caught fire.
Ukrainian OSINT analysts from CyberBoroshno earlier reported that Ukrainian drones had struck 100% of the Moscow refinery’s primary crude processing capacity, forcing the plant to completely halt processing.
Dozens of drones attacked Moscow and the surrounding region overnight on June 18, targeting the oil refinery.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed that around 200 drones had been neutralized on approach to the Russian capital, while Russian state media described the attack as the largest strike on Moscow in the past two years.
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the strike on the Moscow Oil Refinery, reporting at least five fire sites at the facility. According to preliminary geolocation data, fires broke out at a combined oil processing unit, secondary processing units, and the tank farm.
Earlier, Ukrainian drones attacked the same refinery overnight on June 16. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the facility is involved in supplying the Russian army and has an annual processing capacity of more than 12 million tonnes of oil.
