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Mayor says that Russia shot down four drones heading for Moscow after Kyiv attacked oil complex

Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, said that Russian air defences had repelled a drone attack flying towards Moscow. No injuries were reported in either the capital, or an earlier attack against an oil complex located in one region in southern Russia.

Sobyanin, on his Telegram official channel, said that emergency services were working on the site of the debris fall.

Sobyanin didn't mention Ukraine. But Kyiv has launched an ongoing series of drone attacks against Russia, since President Vladimir Putin dispatched tens-of-thousands of troops to Ukraine over three years ago. Most of these attacks have targeted energy and other infrastructure.

Veniamin Kodratiev said that an attack by Ukrainians had ignited a fuel tank at the Tuapse Oil Complex on the Black Sea shores. He said that no one was injured in the attack.

Kondratiev, who did not specify whether the site was hit by a missile or drone, said that 121 firefighters battled to extinguish the fires.

Export-oriented Tuapse Refinery produces high-sulfur diesel, naphtha and vacuum gasoil. It has a capacity of 240.000 barrels per day.

Andrei Vorobyov said that three drones headed for Moscow were brought down in his area. He said debris had fallen onto a building site and an under-construction residential building.

The RIA news agency, citing emergency services, reported that one of the drones hit the roof a multi-storey building in west Moscow.

The TASS agency reported that debris also fell on a house outside of Moscow. Reporting by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Tom Hogue and Andrew Osborn)

(source: Reuters)