(Kyiv) The Ukrainian army claimed on Sunday a nocturnal drone strike on a refinery in the Russian Riazan region south of Moscow, the second attack on the site in less than a week.
Updated yesterday at 10:12 a.m.
“Units of unanswered systems forces […] have again struck the installations of the Petroleum refining company Riazan, which supplies the Russian occupation army, “said the Ukrainian staff in a statement, adding that” explosions and a fire have been registered in The targeted area ”, in the night from Saturday to Sunday.
According to Kyiv, the target is “one of the four largest refineries in the Russian Federation” and notably produces “diesel fuel and kerosene” for the Russian army.
The Riazan refinery was already targeted by Kyiv drones on Friday, which had assured that it had “struck important targets of the occupants in the Russian regions of Riazan and Britersk”.
Kyiv led several air raids against Russian territory or controlled by the forces of Moscow, saying that it was reprisals for the bombings suffered by Ukraine since the Russian invasion almost three years ago.
The Russian governor of the Riazan region, Pavel Malkov, told him, on his Telegram channel in the night, that “unmanned aircraft were destroyed above the territory of the Riazan region” by the Russian anti-aircraft defense, Saying that “material damage is being evaluated”.
Despite rumors of increasingly persistent peace talks since the coming to power in the United States of Donald Trump promising rapid peace between Ukraine and Russia, the two belligerents continue the air attacks on both sides .
-“During the past week, Ukraine suffered hundreds of Russian attacks using various types of weapons: around 1,250 aerial bombs, more than 750 attack drones and more than 20 missiles,” said the president on Saturday Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky, calling for yet his partners to strengthen the country’s defense capacities.
Moscow says it controls Velika Novossilka in eastern Ukraine
Russia said on Sunday to have taken control of the city of Velika Novossilka, in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the soldiers had carried out “offensive actions” and “released the locality of Velika Novossilka”, which is in the west of the Donetsk region.
This city is close to the southern front line in Ukraine, which has practically not moved, but where the fear of a new Russian offensive has increased for weeks.
The Russian troops, better armed and more numerous than the Ukrainian soldiers, have been advancing for more than a year on the east front, their progression having been strongly accelerated since last fall.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was “ready to work” with the United States to “negotiations on Ukrainian issues”, praising the “pragmatic” and “intelligent” character of his American counterpart.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, warned against the risks of “manipulation” coming from Vladimir Putin. He assured Saturday that peace discussions with Moscow could not have “real results” without Ukraine, inviting his allies to find a format of talks including Kyiv.
