Ukraine launches ‘largest kamikaze drone attack’ of war, with explosions across Russia setting fire to two oil refineries
UKRAINE has staged its biggest kamikaze attack of the war, destroying at least nine Russian regions.
Two of Vladimir Putin‘s oil refineries went up in flames after being bombed overnight.
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Images showed an inferno at a Lukoil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 430 kilometers east of Moscow – after oil tanks exploded at the Kstovo plant.
Regional governor Gleb Nikitin said: “In the morning, the Kstovo industrial zone, a fuel and energy complex, was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles.”
Activities at the oil refinery – one of the largest in Russia – were suspended after the strike.
Meanwhile, another oil factory exploded in the Oryol region, leading to a massive fire after a drone exploded near the factory around 3am.
Regional Governor Andrei Klychkov said: “The fuel and energy complex facility was attacked.
“Special services are on site to locate the fire.
“There are no victims.”
In the Kursk region – which borders Ukraine – residents reported new explosions.
Officials initially claimed that five Ukrainian drones had been shot down.
In the Tula region, Russian authorities claimed that a drone had been shot down.
And in the border region of Belgorod, seven settlements were left without electricity after a drone attack.
In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that a drone had been shot down in the Ramenskoye district.
It flew “to Moscow,” he said, denying there was any destruction.
Russian air defenses claimed to have shot down 25 drones in one night.
A statement said: “Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed two UAVs over the territory of the Moscow region, one in the Leningrad region, seven in the Belgorod region, eleven in the Kursk region, one in the Bryansk region, one in the Tula region . , and two in the Oryol region.”
Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russian oil facilities in recent weeks, which is crucial to supporting Vladimir Putin’s illegal war against Ukraine.
As a result, Russia is forced to temporarily suspend gasoline exports.
Since the beginning of this year, Ukraine has hit oil depots and gas terminals in the regions of Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Volgograd, Yaroslavl, Leningrad, Krasnodar Territory, St. Petersburg and now Oryol and Nizhny Novgorod.
Energy facilities in occupied Crimea were also attacked.
Russian sources also reported an attempt by Ukraine to break into the Belgorod region.
Two Majors Telegram channels reported: “In the morning, three enemy armored personnel carriers tried to break the border in the southeast of the Grayvoronsky city district.
“The enemy’s equipment was destroyed.”