An oil refinery is burning in the Samara region, and nearly 500 flights have been delayed in Moscow: what is known about this night's attacks?

A refinery producing jet fuel for the Russian military is on fire in Novokuibyshevsk. Drone attacks in Moscow have delayed or canceled nearly 500 flights.

Fire at the oil refinery in Novokuibyshevsk

An oil refinery that produces jet fuel for the Russian military, Burns in Samara NovokuibyshevskIts production capacity is almost 9 million tons of oil per year. Its products also include motor gasoline, diesel fuel, and bitumen. This is not the first attack on the plant.

Local residents complain about the lack of a siren and a two-hour delay in the official announcement.

Flight delays in Moscow and St. Petersburg

В Moscow due to drone attacks detained or nearly 500 flights were canceled, and more than 100 planes were diverted to alternate airfields. At St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport, which took on the brunt of the load, formed Huge queues: passengers are given water and meal vouchers, and airlines are asking them to find their own alternative routes to Moscow. One passenger flying from Chelyabinsk to Moscow reported spending four hours in line to exchange tickets.

According to the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, tonight on the capital flew 862 drones, 170 of which were shot down on approach.