Ukrainian drone strike hits another Russian oil refinery in a week

Ukraine states that its army successfully hit an oil refinery in the Russian city of Castovo, about 800 km (500 mi) from the front lines in eastern Ukraine.

The Ukrainian media said that four drones killed a Lukoil company depot, stating that the convenience suffered significant damage.

In the video posted on social media, big flames at an industrial facility are increasing.

Regional Governor Gulib Nikitin said that drone debris fell on the industrial area, and no casualties were reported at the scene.

Separately, the governor of the area of ​​the Smolansk, Vasili Aonkhin stated on the Telegram that “a large -scale” drone attack against the “civil infrastructure” took place in his area, although no casualties were immediately casualized.

Anokhin said that one of the drones was shot while trying to hit the nuclear power facility. The BBC is not able to verify this information independently.

A mother and her child were killed in the border area of ​​Belgorod, which came under continuous attack from Ukraine since the onset of Russia’s full -scale invasion in February 2022.

Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov of Belgorod region said another child and his father were also injured in the strike.

The strike on Kstovo, Smolensk and Belgorod was part of a large attack overnight, stating that it brought down more than 100 Ukrainian drones and which inspired the airports of St. Petersburg and Kazan to suspend the overnight operations .

It is one of the largest Ukrainian operations of its kind during the war and is a second mass drone attacks this week. On Friday, Ukraine hit another Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 121 drones.

As the Ukrainian drone bowed to the sky of Russia, Moscow attacked itself overnight by triggering air alerts in various Ukrainian regions.

The Ukrainian army said it shot 29 Russian drones in nine areas.

As the third anniversary of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, the struggle grinds.

Russia is making small progress regularly to the east of Ukraine, which is ever close to the strategically important city Pokarovsk, which plays an important role as a logistics hub used by Ukrainian forces in the region.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continued to capture an area of ​​several hundred square kilometers in the western chair area of ​​Russia, where they launched an aggressively of an electrical in August.