Ukraine claims strike on Russian oil refinery in large drone assault


Ukraine reportedly hit a Russian oil refinery and focused Moscow throughout an assault involving a wave of no less than 100 drones, one of many largest single operations of its variety throughout the battle.
Video footage verified by the BBC reveals a fireball rising over the refinery and pumping station within the Ryazan area, southeast of Moscow, which Ukrainian officers mentioned was a goal.
Russia mentioned it had shot down 121 drones that had focused 13 areas, together with Ryazan and Moscow, however reported no harm.
Elsewhere, Ukrainian authorities mentioned three folks had been killed and one was injured when a Russian drone hit a residential constructing within the Kyiv area.
Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s centre for countering disinformation, mentioned on Telegram that an oil refinery in Ryazan had been hit, in addition to the Kremniy plant in Bryansk. Kyiv says the power produces elements for missiles and different weapons.
Bloggers on the social media web site Telegram posted pictures and movies of fires raging in Ryazan. Footage verified as real by the BBC reveals folks fleeing from the location in vehicles as a blaze takes maintain.
Russian state-owned information company RIA cited an announcement from the Kremniy plant in Bryansk, which mentioned work had been suspended after an assault involving six drones. Pavel Malkov, the regional governor, mentioned emergency providers had been responding.
The Kremlin acknowledged the assaults however made no point out of harm or casualties.
It claimed to have destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones, together with six over the Moscow area, 20 within the Ryazan area, and a quantity over the border area of Bryansk.
Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow’s mayor, mentioned the town’s air defences had intercepted assaults by Ukrainian drones at 4 places.
He mentioned air defences southeast of the capital in Kolomna and Ramenskoye had additionally repelled drones, with out specifying what number of. He mentioned there was no harm.

Russian information businesses quoted Rosaviatsiya, the federal aviation company, as saying two Moscow airports, Vnukovo and Domodedovo, had resumed flights after suspending operations for a time. Six flights had been redirected to different airports.
Within the metropolis of Kursk, Mayor Igor Kutsak mentioned in a single day assaults had broken energy strains and reduce off electrical energy to 1 district.
In Ukraine, officers mentioned that its air defences had destroyed 25 of 58 drones launched in a single day by Russia.
The inside ministry mentioned particles from one of many drones had killed two males and a girl in Hlevakha, Kyiv area, and that one other particular person had been injured.