Paranoid Putin moves air defences to Moscow after wave of drone attacks

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epa13046867 Smoke billows in the background following a reported Ukrainian drone attack, in Moscow, Russia, 18 June 2026. Russian authorities reported intercepting nearly 200 Ukrainian drones across the region. The barrage sparked fires at a critical fuel facility, which was hit for the second time in a week, and caused debris to crash into suburban residential sectors, injuring 17 people, including two children. Authorities said the fire has been mostly contained with remaining flames being put out. EPA/STRINGER
A drone attack last week crippled much of Moscow and shrouded it in smoke (Picture: EPA)

Vladimir Putin has moved one of his air defence systems a few metres from Moscow’s oil refinery after Ukrainian drones damaged the facility.

Moscow was shrouded in noxious black smoke last week and coated in oil rain after a drone strike hit Moscow’s Oil Refinery.

The onslaught – thought to be Ukra...

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