Russia says it intercepted 376 Ukrainian drones overnight, with strikes triggering fires at refineries and fuel depots in southern Russia
Ukraine has beefed up its efforts in recent months to hinder Moscow’s financial capabilities in its war, targeting energy infrastructure in retaliation for strikes.
Moscow’s air defence units intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles around the country, including over the capital region, the defence ministry wrote on the state-run Max platform.
Drone attacks also sparked fires at oil facilities in southern Russia, authorities said, with debris from an unmanned aerial vehicle causing a blaze at a refinery in Krasnodar Krai, while fires broke out at two petrol storage facilities in the Azov district.
Fragments of drones fell across a town in Krasnodar Krai’s Severskaya district, where the Ilsky refinery is located, including in the courtyard of a home, the regional operational headquarters posted on Telegram.
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The Ilsky refinery, with a capacity of around 138,000 barrels per day, has been attacked several times before.
