Russia announces that it has taken control of the town of Velyka Novosilka, in the Donetsk oblast

Russia announces that it has taken control of the town of Velyka Novosilka, in the Donetsk oblast
Russia announces that it has taken control of the town of Velyka Novosilka, in the Donetsk oblast

The Ukrainian army announced on Sunday that it had carried out a nighttime drone raid targeting a refinery in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, southeast of Moscow. This is the second time in less than a week that this site has been attacked.

“Units of the unmanned systems forces (…) once again struck the facilities of the Ryazan oil refining company, which supplies the Russian occupation army »affirmed the Ukrainian General Staff in a statement published on its Facebook account, adding that “explosions and fire [avaient] been recorded in the targeted area »during the night from Saturday to Sunday.

Ryazan Oblast Governor Pavel Malkov said on Telegram on Sunday that air defense systems destroyed drones over the territory of the Ryazan region and “material damage [étaient] under evaluation”, specifying that there were no victims.

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The Ryazan refinery was already targeted on Friday by drones from kyiv, which had assured that it had “hit important targets in the Russian oblasts of Ryazan and Bryansk”. Elle “plays an important role in supplying fuel to the civil and military-industrial complex of Russia”then wrote the head of the Ukrainian Center for Combating Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko, on Telegram, specifying that it produces “fuel for military equipment, kerosene for aviation, diesel and other types of petroleum products used in tanks, aircraft, ships and other equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”.

Several Russian regions were targeted by drone attacks overnight, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, which reported on Telegram eight drones shot down over the Ryazan oblast, six over that of Kursk and one above that of Belgorod.

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