Drone Attack Kills One, Sparks Fire at Yaroslavl Oil Refinery
Exiled news outlet Astra says that Ukraine has attacked the Slavneft-Yanos refinery at least seven times this year.
A Ukrainian drone attack resulted in one fatality and triggered a blaze at one of Russia's most significant oil refineries in Yaroslavl, according to both Russian and Ukrainian officials on Friday. Yaroslavl region Governor Mikhail Yevrayev reported that a civilian perished and 27 individuals sustained injuries when pieces of the drone fell upon an intercity bus.
He claimed that Ukrainian forces had downed 67 drones over the region; however, the debris subsequently landed on residential zones, commercial establishments, and "industrial infrastructure."
Meanwhile, Ukraine's military asserted that they had targeted the Slavneft-Yanos refinery, which supplies fuel and lubricants for the Russian military. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the attack and further stated that Ukraine's SBU security service had downed a Tu-95MS missile-carrying aircraft in the Saratov region city of Engels. Reports from independent sources suggested that Ukrainian drones had previously targeted Slavneft-Yanos at least seven times this year before Friday's incident.
In the Moscow region town of Pavlovsky Posad, a drone struck a Magnit grocery store, shattering windows at a neighboring clinic. However, the clinic remained operational despite the damage, according to Governor Andrei Vorobyov. Earlier this week, separate Ukrainian attacks in the southwestern Belgorod region claimed two lives and left nine others injured, as per the local governor.
Russian Defense Ministry reported the interception of 512 Ukrainian drones across Russia and the annexed Crimea between Thursday night and Friday morning. The Moscow Times has been labeled an "undesirable organization" by Russia's Prosecutor General's Office, which is criminalizing their work and risking the staff's prosecution, following their earlier designation as a "foreign agent."
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