Ukraine hits Moscow refinery as Zelenskyy seeks Trump’s help to end war | News of the Russian-Ukrainian war

The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defense had shot down 555 Ukrainian planes in several areas overnight.

Ukrainian drones hit a Moscow oil refinery for the second time this week as Russia fired missiles at Kyiv, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought help from the United States and Europe to reach a ceasefire deal.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Thursday that its air defense shot down 555 Ukrainian drones in several areas overnight, and nearly 200 were intercepted as they approached the Russian capital.

Recommended Articles

list of 4 itemsend of series

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said several drones had hit an oil refinery.

“The air defense forces continue to stop the massive attack. Several drones were able to reach the oil refinery in Moscow,” said Sobyanin, adding that the refinery was also partially damaged.

The gas station attack is the second this week, after drone attack on Tuesday The Reuters news agency reported that they had suspended operations at oil refineries, as damage to power plants in Russia exacerbated the country’s oil crisis.

Reports from Kazan, Yulia Shapovalova said the refinery is “a very important business.”

“They supply millions of people in the Russian capital with about 40 percent of oil and other fuels. It is still burning while, according to the authorities, emergency workers are trying to put out the fire,” Al Jazeera said.

The governor of the region said that in the suburbs of Moscow, a high-rise building, an industrial complex and several private buildings were also damaged in the drone attack. Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow’s busiest airport, grounded flights and evacuated passengers, while several sought parking, the airport said.

Meanwhile, Kyiv was hit by a second Russian airstrike this week, when ballistic missiles were fired at the capital of Ukraine, city officials said.

Enemies are attacking the center with missiles. Stay safe until the flight warning is over! Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv military administration, said in a telegram.

Officials in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy say one person has been killed in an airstrike.

Reporting from Kyiv, Al Jazeera’s Audrey MacAlpine said nine locations were hit after at least 239 drones and seven missiles were fired into Ukraine overnight.

“Ukraine says it managed to stop most of them,” he added.

Earlier this week, a major attack in Kyiv and Russia They killed 11 people and destroyed a 1,000-year-old UNESCO-listed monasterycriticizing European leaders. Russia has denied that it attacked the monastery.

The attacks come as Zelenskyy works to pressure Russia into negotiating an end to its four-year war. Zelenskyy said he spoke with US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and other leaders from the G7 countries to agree on ways to end the war.

The leaders of the G7 he promised strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses and increasing pressure on Moscow’s military economy, including lifting sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas sector.

Trumpet he told reporters “I will do everything I can” to end the war.

Zelenskyy said that he received it important commitments from the G7, including “a number of air defense missiles along with production permits, and a winter aid package.”

Zelenskyy wrote on X. “The most important thing is that the United States is ready to provide back-up support in all these cases.”