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Ukraine has struck Moscow's main oil refinery in what the city's mayor described as the region's largest drone attack.

This comes as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay after state election defeats, and as North Korea launches two ballistic missiles.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine hits Moscow refinery

Ukraine struck Moscow's main oil refinery in what Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described as the region's largest drone attack.

He said air defences shot down 450 drones heading towards the capital, while regional Governor Andrei Vorobyev reported at least two people killed and 20 injured.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed attacks on a key oil facility and a logistics site in the Moscow region.

Ukraine's defence ministry said the refinery supplies more than a third of the region's fuel, including some used by the Russian military.

Flights were disrupted at Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports before restrictions were lifted.

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