The operation, overseen by the US military, also 'utilised aerial and water drones to guide oil convoys' to waiting tankers.
The Kapotnya refinery supplies up to 40% of the capital’s overall fuel market and 70% of Moscow and the surrounding region's petrol needs.
'Given the surrounding residences, the accident could have been far more tragic'
An oil plant and a key military manufacturing site were hit.
It's the latest incursion of Russian drones into NATO airspace as Putin looks to expand his aggression from Ukraine into the Baltic States.