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typeof(data.detail.carousel) === ‘undefined’ || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === ‘undefined’) {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar player = data.detail.carousel.el_;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar container = player.closest(‘.metro-video-player’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tvar placeholder = container.querySelector(‘.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.removeChild(placeholder);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tcontainer.classList.add(‘metro-video-player–related-videos-loaded’);<br \/>\n\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/ukraine\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Ukraine<\/a> staged major drone strikes on Russian capital Moscow soon after accusing <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> of seeking to thwart <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s ceasefire demand.<\/p>\n<p>A major oil refinery was also hit in a strike, triggering ten explosions followed by a massive inferno \u2013 just 55 miles from Putin\u2019s \u00a31 billion clifftop palace on the <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/black-sea\/\">Black Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vnukovo airport \u2013 used by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to leave Moscow after meeting Putin and his top officials \u2013 was closed.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second major Ukrainian attack on Moscow in three days, and appeared to be a direct response to Putin setting multiple conditions for any ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>The inferno at Tuapse Oil Refinery came after ten deafening explosions, thought to be orchestrated by drones. <\/p>\n<p>Huge flames and thick black smoke rose after the strike and the fire spread quickly. More than 120 firefighters fought the blaze.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22725409 lazyload\" alt=\"Tuapse oil refinery (Picture: X)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243809575-f854.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The Tuapse oil refinery was directly hit (Picture: X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"432\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22725406 lazyload\" alt=\"Tuapse oil refinery (Picture: X)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243809665-10d3-e1741938981419.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Large plumes of smoke were seen from miles away (Picture: X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Krasnodar regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said: \u2018The Kyiv regime attacked the oil complex in Tuapse. One of the gasoline tanks caught fire.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Moscow was also rocked by drone strikes, causing car alarms to go off \u2018en masse\u2019, according to an eyewitness.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes were close to Putin\u2019s usual highway route from his official residence in Moscow to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>Another strike was close to a metro station, with further ones damaging roofs and windows of residential buildings. <\/p>\n<p>A piece of a misfiring Russian Pantsir air defence system was filmed by a passerby in the Moscow region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"514\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22725475 lazyload\" alt=\"(Picture: X)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243811847-3bef-e1741938887155.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Homes in the Moscow region were struck by the drones (Picture: X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22725443 lazyload\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/96186391-0-image-a-8_1741938238393.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Drone debris littered streets after the attacks (Picture: X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Days ago, Ukraine launched what was its largest drone attack yet against Moscow on the same day peace talks began with delegates in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Exploding drones targeted high-rise residential buildings in the Russian capital,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/07\/nato-scrambles-warplanes-putin-unleashes-missile-drone-attack-22685360\/\">days after Ukraine\u2019s vital infrastructure<\/a>\u00a0was hit in an onslaught from Vladimir Putin\u2019s troops.<\/p>\n<p>Russian air defences claimed to have intercepted and destroyed 337 of the Ukrainian drones over ten regions at night, including 91 around Moscow, and 126 drones over the Kursk region, which is partially under Ukrainian control.<\/p>\n<p>All four main Moscow airports \u2013 Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukova and Zhukovsky \u2013 were disrupted by the drone onslaught, delaying flights and cancelling others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" 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