Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire at Russian oil refinery

MOSCOW — A barrage of drones launched by Ukraine overnight sparked a blaze at an oil refinery in southern Russia, in Kyiv's latest aerial strike, officials in Ukraine and Russia said Monday.


Regional authorities in the Russian Black Sea town of Tuapse in the Krasnodar region said debris from one downed drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery.
A source in the Ukrainian defence sector said drones linked to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine were behind the attack, and that the facility was operated by Russian state energy giant Rosneft.


"The extent of the damage to the aggressor state's military-industrial complex is currently being clarified," the source said in written comments.
Russia its forces had downed 75 Ukrainian drones overnight, with nearly 50 destroyed over the southern Rostov region.


Air defence systems intercepted 47 drones over Rostov, 17 over the Black and Azov seas and 11 in other areas including one over the frontier region of Belgorod, the defence ministry said.


They said on Telegram that nearly 100 firefighters had been deployed to battle the blaze.
Russia almost daily announces the interception of Ukrainian drones which Kyiv says are a response to Russian attacks aimed at military and civilian targets since Moscow launched its special military operation in February 2022.