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  Ukrainian drones strike same site twice in three days Refinery lies within Moscow's ring road, only miles from Kremlin Attacks have symbolic as well as economic impact Ukraine tries to show war's tide is turning; Moscow denies that MOSCOW, June 18 (Reuters) - The blast was so powerful that the huge disc-shaped lid of an oil storage ​tank was launched into the sky over Moscow like a frisbee. Evading Russian air defences, Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in southeast ‌Moscow on Thursday for the second time in three days, igniting a fierce blaze that spewed out clouds of black smoke.

  A dam in Mississippi is being monitored for potential failure, officials said Thursday, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season , moved through the Gulf of Mexico region, pounding states with life-threatening flash floods. A flash flood emergency was issued for Anchor Lake Dam, located near the city of Carriere, in southern Mississippi and areas downstream on the East Hobolochitto Creek on Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. "The Anchor Lake Dam remains in a caution status," the Pearl River County Office of Emergency Services said in a statement Thursday. "There is the potential for the dam to experience structural issues, including possible failure or overflow." Emergency personnel are monitoring the situation closely, it said. The National Weather Service had earlier reported that the Anchor Lake Dam had failed, citing local emergency management, though it later issued an update t...