Ukrainian drones and missiles strike Russian oil refineries, says Moscow

Ukraine pounded targets across Russia on Tuesday with at least 25 drones and seven missiles, Russia’s defence ministry said, in a sweeping attack that one local official said had left at least one refinery in the world’s second biggest oil exporter on fire.

Both sides have used drones to strike critical infrastructure, military installations and troop concentrations in their more than two-year war, with Kyiv hitting Russian refineries and energy facilities in recent months.

Russia’s defence ministry said it had downed 25 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions including Moscow, Leningrad, Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Tula and Oryol. Russian local officials reported attacks on a slew of energy facilities.

“An attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using 25 drones on objects in the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped,” the defence ministry said in a statement.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.

Gleb Nikitin, governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, reported a drone attack on a fuel refinery in the Kstovo industrial zone.

via Reuters

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