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hookaleft

(1,425 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 12:04 PM Jun 18

Moscow residents complain of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery

Specks of black oil have rained down on part of Moscow after a refinery was hit during the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones fired towards the Russian capital.

Columns of thick smoke billowed high into the sky and 17 people were wounded in the Moscow region, according to local governor Andrei Vorobyov.

Residents in the south-east of Moscow region told the BBC that a fine drizzle had left "unpleasant black spots" on their clothes.

Moscow authorities denied that any "oil rain" had been falling.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98291g5rr1o

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Moscow residents complain of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery (Original Post) hookaleft Jun 18 OP
The Ukraine war is being waged in your name, Muscovites. maxsolomon Jun 18 #1
Oh, too bad for the Russians. They need a taste of what they have been doing to Ukraine for years. Lonestarblue Jun 18 #2
Anyways JustAnotherGen Jun 18 #3
The tank lid blowing off at the Moscow refinery made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jun 18 #4
Oh, no! sakabatou Jun 18 #5
HOLY SMOKES! Moscow right now 🔥🔥 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 19 #6
Black rain falls on Moscow after a massive drone attack on its biggest oil refinery. LetMyPeopleVote Jun 19 #7

maxsolomon

(39,430 posts)
1. The Ukraine war is being waged in your name, Muscovites.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 12:10 PM
Jun 18

About time you got dirty because of it.

Lonestarblue

(13,648 posts)
2. Oh, too bad for the Russians. They need a taste of what they have been doing to Ukraine for years.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 12:17 PM
Jun 18

I hope Ukraine pulls off many more attacks like this. Maybe Russians will finally get rid of Putin.

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,002 posts)
7. Black rain falls on Moscow after a massive drone attack on its biggest oil refinery.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 02:10 PM
Jun 19

Black rain falls on Moscow after a massive drone attack on its biggest oil refinery.

Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T13:38:58.846Z
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