Oil refinery south east of Moscow 'hit in mass drone attack' by Ukraine on Russia
Oil refinery south east of Moscow 'hit in mass drone attack' by Ukraine on Russia
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Ukraine drones hit an oil refinery east of Moscow in a mass attack on Russia, according to military sources. The oil plant in Ryazan, 120 miles south east of the capital, was targeted, as was a microelectronics production plant in Bryansk, western Russia, according to Ukraine’s military.
It said the attacked facilities were involved in supplying Vladimir Putin’s army. Pavel Malkov, the Ryazan regional governor, said emergency services were tackling the aftermath of the attack on the city which reportedly involved 20 drones. Footage was shared on social media that was said to show the attack.
Ukrainian drones also recently hit an oil depot in Engels in southern Russia which supplied the air base for Vladimir Putin’s nuclear bomber fleet. In Moscow, the Ministry of Defence said Russian air defences repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight, intercepting and destroying 121 drones targeting 13 regions, including the capital.
The ministry said six drones had been destroyed over the Moscow region and one over the capital itself. Dozens more drones had targeted other regions, including those that border Ukraine and Kursk, where Ukrainian troops hold a chunk of land seized last summer which Russian and North Korean soldiers are seeking to recapture.
Twenty drones targeted the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, the ministry said, amid reports of a blaze at an oil refinery. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air force said on Friday it had also fought off a Russian drone attack and shot down 25 of 58 drones launched by Russia in an overnight assault.
