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Ukraine claims it has hit Russian oil installations and military airfield

Ukraine's Military said Saturday it had hit oil facilities in Russia. This included a major refinery, a drone airfield and an electronics manufacturing factory.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces released a statement via Telegram stating that they had struck the oil refinery at Ryazan (about 180 km southeast of Moscow) and caused a fire in its premises.

The USF also said that the Annanefteprodukt storage facility, which borders the northeastern Ukraine, had been hit.

The USF is a specialist in drone warfare and long-range attacks.

Russia has not yet commented on the reported attack on its infrastructure.

Separately the Ukrainian intelligence agency SBU said that its drones have hit Russia's Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield which is used to launch long-range drones against targets in Ukraine.

The SBU also said that it had hit a Penza factory, which it claimed supplied electronics to the Russian military-industrial complex.

Ukraine did not have a response at the beginning of Russia's full scale invasion in 2022 to Moscow's massive long-range strike capability. But it has built a fleet of kamikaze drones capable of carrying explosive warheads over hundreds of kilometers (miles).

In its daily report, the Russian defence ministry stated that its defense units had shot down 338 Ukrainian drones over night. The reports don't say how many Ukrainians drones are launched at a given time.

Ukraine's Air Force said that it has shot down 45 of the 53 Russian drones that were launched at its territory over night.

The Russian defence ministry announced that Russian forces captured Oleksandro-Kalynove, a village in Donetsk's Donetsk Region, on Saturday.

Could not verify immediately the battlefield report.

After three and a half years of brutal war, the Russians now control nearly 20% of Ukraine's east and south. Max Hunder, with additional reporting from Alexander Marrow and Mark Heinrich; edited by Louise Heavens & Mark Heinrich

(source: Reuters)