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Drone Barrage Hits Southern Russia, Injures 11 and Triggers Refinery Fire

Conflicting accounts emerged over whether air defense debris or a drone caused the Adygea apartment fire.

Overview

  • Adygea Governor Murat Kumpilov reported that a high‑rise in Novaya Adygeya was damaged after drone activity, injuring 11 people including two children and igniting a large fire.
  • Local officials introduced a district‑level state of emergency, opened temporary accommodation for residents, and said dozens of parked cars were burned near the building.
  • In neighboring Krasnodar Krai, authorities said drone fragments ignited a blaze at the Afipsky oil refinery that was swiftly extinguished without casualties or critical damage.
  • Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses destroyed 75 Ukrainian UAVs overnight across multiple regions as well as over the Black Sea and the Azov Sea.
  • The latest cross‑border strikes followed Russian attacks in Ukraine that left more than one million Kyiv residents without power and killed at least three people in Zaporizhzhia, according to Ukrainian officials.