Moscow, Dec 6, (dpa/GNA) – The Ukrainian military said on Saturday, that it had conducted a new strike on Russia’s oil industry, targeting a refinery in Ryazan, around 200 kilometres south-east of Moscow.
A hit on a facility had been detected, the General Staff in Kiev said on social media, adding that the refinery supplies the Russian armed forces.
The governor of the Ryazan region, Pavel Malkov, said on Telegram that debris had fallen on the grounds of an industrial plant, and that there were no casualties or major damage.
Twenty-nine Ukrainian drones were shot down over the area overnight, according to the governor. A residential apartment block was damaged but a fire on its roof was quickly extinguished.
However, unverified videos and photos circulating on social media allegedly showed a fire on the grounds of the nearby oil refinery and an impact on the roof of a high-rise building.
The refinery in Ryazan belongs to the Rosneft Group, and was already hit by a Ukrainian drone attack at the end of October.
Ukraine has been defending itself against a full-scale Russian invasion for almost four years. In recent weeks, it repeatedly attacked Russia’s oil and gas industry to disrupt fuel stocks for the military and deplete state finances used to continue the war.
GNA