Ukrainian drones struck industrial sites in Russia’s Ryazan region overnight, starting fires and cutting power in parts of the city, according to Governor Pavel Malkov. The Ryazan refinery drone attack, as it has been reported, left at least one person injured, though the governor did not name the sites that were hit.
According to Al Jazeera, Malkov said more than 200 Ukrainian drones attacked the Ryazan region overnight, and falling debris caused fires at several industrial sites and damaged power lines. Footage verified by the independent Russian outlet Astra showed a fire at the Ryazan oil refinery, which is owned by state energy company Rosneft and is among Russia’s largest, Al Jazeera reported.
An r/worldnews post, which was available only as a short excerpt, said Ukrainian military drones reportedly attacked the Ryazan Oil Refinery and a Wildberries logistics warehouse during the night of November 5, after an air raid alert around 2 a.m. That post said the warehouse was the logistics centre known as Ryazan: Tyushevskaya, covering about 173,000 square metres in the Ryazanskiy industrial park near Tyushevo. This account has not been confirmed by a second source.
Al Jazeera also reported that windows were shattered at a school in Ryazan and classes were cancelled.
Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova said Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian oil refineries after a brief pause in late October, and that the Yaroslavl refinery was attacked two days earlier. She said the strikes had not stopped Russian fuel production, although shortages were occasionally reported as people rushed to fill up their cars.
Moscow said it struck a Nova Poshta terminal near Kharkiv, a power substation and a cargo ship. Ukrainian officials did not immediately confirm those strikes.
Malkov said power had been restored and the fires extinguished or contained. He gave no further details on the extent of the damage or on repairs.
The 200-drone figure and the damage at the refinery have not been independently confirmed. The sources do not include comment from Wildberries, Rosneft or Ukrainian officials on the Ryazan strikes.
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