Moscow Oblast oil depot, fulfillment center reportedly set ablaze as Kyiv launches hundreds of drones towards Russian capital

Key Points:

• Ukraine's military reportedly conducted a large-scale drone attack on Moscow Oblast overnight on July 18, targeting infrastructure east of Moscow, including an oil depot in Noginsk and a fulfillment center in Elektrostal.
• Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated that over 370 Ukrainian drones were launched toward Moscow Oblast, with 64 intercepted, and large plumes of smoke were visible from within Moscow city limits.
• This attack follows a similar strike on a Wildberries fulfillment center in Tambov Oblast earlier the same night and comes one month after Ukraine's largest drone attack on Moscow's oil refinery on June 18.
• Ukraine has intensified its drone campaign targeting Russian military, industrial, and energy infrastructure, aiming to disrupt fuel supplies that support Russia's war efforts, contributing to a domestic fuel crisis in Russia.
• Russia has responded by enhancing air defenses in Moscow, including deploying Pantsir-SMD-E systems on civilian rooftops, but the ongoing attacks have caused significant damage and operational disruptions to key oil facilities.