Ukrainian drone attacks hit multiple Russian targets, including refinery

Saratov refinery deed arsenic Ukrainian strikes intensify crossed Russian regions, damaging civilian infrastructure.

Ukrainian drones person struck vigor and ⁠industrial ⁠targets crossed respective Russian regions, Russian authorities say, ⁠in an escalating run of strikes against infrastructure.

In Saratov, a portion ⁠on the Volga River with respective lipid refineries that has travel nether regular Ukrainian onslaught successful caller years, Governor Roman ‌Busargin said connected Sunday connected Telegram that “civil infrastructure” had been damaged successful the overnight strikes.

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⁠Ukraine’s subject confirmed that it ⁠had struck the Saratov lipid refinery overnight, but denied Russian accusations that it had deed the Zaporizhzhia atomic powerfulness works successful Russian-occupied territory.

In the Kirov region, northeast of Moscow and astir 1,300km (800 miles) from Ukraine, Governor Alexander Sokolov said ⁠drones had deed a ⁠facility successful the Urzhumsky district. The Ukrainian service confirmed the attack, saying it had ⁠also ⁠hit the Lazarevo oil-pumping presumption successful the region.

Governors successful the Rostov, Voronezh and Belgorod regions, each of which borderline Ukraine, ⁠also reported strikes, and 3 civilians were injured successful ⁠Belgorod.

On Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Crimean ⁠Peninsula, Moscow-backed Governor Sergei Aksyonov said authorities were introducing restrictions connected income of petrol.

He did not ‌say why, but Ukraine for months has been attacking substance infrastructure successful ‌southwestern ‌Russia adjacent to Crimea.

Separately connected Sunday, ⁠President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ‌said Ukraine received a caller Iris-T aerial ⁠defence rocket launcher ⁠from Germany arsenic helium asked for the proviso of much aerial defence ⁠ammunition from Kyiv’s allies.

“We besides request ⁠missiles for aerial defence ⁠systems to ⁠have capable ⁠capabilities to repel Russian attacks,” Zelenskyy said ‌on Telegram.