KIEV, Nov 16: Ukrainian forces have carried out a drone attack on an oil refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region near Moscow. The attack caused a fire and damaged production.
In a statement on social media, the Ukrainian military said the strike was aimed at reducing Russia’s ability to launch missile and bomb attacks, adding that the refinery near Moscow had been targeted for that purpose.
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Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said Russian air defenses shot down 25 Ukrainian drones overnight. He wrote on Telegram that debris from the drones caused a fire inside an industrial facility.
The attack came a day after Russia struck Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, killing seven people. Kyiv city administration chief Taimur Takachenko wrote on social media that an elderly woman injured in the November 14 shelling died in hospital this morning. Other victims included a couple in their seventies and a 62-year-old man.
Meanwhile, five people were injured when a Russian drone hit Nikopol, a city in the central Dnipro region. Nikopol lies along the Dnipro River and is one of the Russian military’s frontline positions near the Ukrainian border.
On the opposite side of the river, Yevgeny Balitsky, an official loyal to Moscow, said a Ukrainian drone hit power lines, injuring at least five people and leaving about 44,000 customers without service.
Ukraine has been carrying out regular drone and missile strikes inside Russia since 2022. The Ryazan refinery is Russia’s fourth largest, processing 262,000 barrels of oil per day. The attack has partially halted production.
