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Record Drone Barrages Set Russian Refineries Ablaze and Wound Ukrainian Civilians

Ukraine’s deep-penetration drone strikes targeted Russian energy and defense hubs in a campaign that drew massive Russian drone and missile counterattacks

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Overview

  • Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces and the SBU intelligence agency said long-range kamikaze drones struck the Ryazan oil refinery, the Annanefteprodukt facility in Voronezh, the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield and an electronics factory in Penza, triggering large fires
  • Debris from downed drones ignited a blaze at an oil depot near Sochi, Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev said, temporarily halting flights at the resort’s airport
  • Russia’s defense ministry reported shooting down 338 Ukrainian drones overnight, while Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted 45 of 53 Russian drones aimed at its territory
  • Russia launched drone and missile attacks on Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, injuring at least 18 civilians, emergency services and regional governors said
  • Moscow claimed capture of Oleksandro-Kalynove in Donetsk during the intensified drone warfare, reflecting modest ground advances