Vladimir Putin suffered further humiliation today as Ukraine struck the main oil refinery in Moscow.
Drones breached newly-strengthened air defences in the Russian capital in a hit that coincided with the G7 summit in France.
Flames engulfed the Kapotnya Oil Refinery just ten miles from the Kremlin, as smoke poured over the city.
The strike was a major psychological blow to the Kremlin, as Ukraine attacks on oil installations are starting to seriously hurt the Russian economy and raise questions over Putin’s ability to fully control occupied Crimea.
Flights were suspended at all four major Moscow airports – Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky –
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