Drone Attack Sparks Fire at Major Russian Oil Refinery in Kirishi

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Drone Attack Sparks Fire at Major Russian Oil Refinery in Kirishi
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Drones have attacked an oil refinery in Kirishi in the Russian Leningrad region during the night, reports The Kyiv Independent. In Ukraine, Russian drones have rained down again.

Russian drones have attacked Dnipro and Kharkiv, according to local authorities early on Saturday. Cherson and Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine are also reported to have been attacked. In Cherson, at least eight people are injured.

In Kirishi in western Russia, drones have caused a fire at an oil refinery, reports Russian local media. Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko confirms on Telegram that Kirishi has been subjected to a drone attack, but does not mention the refinery, which is one of Russia's largest and has been attacked several times before during the war.

Moscow reports that the country's air defense shot down at least 117 Ukrainian drones during the night to Saturday, writes the news agency Ansa with reference to the Russian state-owned Tass. Airports in Kaluga, Volgograd, and Saratov closed without warning during the night, likely due to drones.

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