Ukraine claims that it hit the Russian oil refinery in a huge drone attack

It was reported that Ukraine bombed a Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack that included at least 121 drones, one of the largest individual operations of its kind during the war.

Video footage of the BBC has shown a ball up to a refinery and a pumping station in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, which Ukrainian officials said was a target.

Russia said it had brought down 121 drones targeting 13 regions, including Riazan and Moscow, but had not reported damage.

Elsewhere, the Ukrainian authorities said that three people were killed and another was injured when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the Kiev area.

André Kovalinko, head of the Ukrainian Center for the Anti -Information Information, said on Telegram, that a refinery for oil refining in Rayzan was bombed, as well as the Karimni factory in Breansk, which Kiev says it produces missile components and other weapons.

Bloggers on the Telegram app posed pictures and videos of burning fires at the Riazan facility, which has an area of ​​about 6 square kilometers (2.3 square miles). The check -up shots show that they flee from the site in cars and on foot while a fiery ball rises in the sky.

The British Broadcasting Corporation used BBC Verify Video footage to locate two fires in the refinery. One of the videos shows a fire near the northern entrance, whose location matches the road, banners and fences.

Another video show shows a larger fire on the eastern side of the refinery, about 3 kilometers (1.6 meters) from the first. The location was determined by matching trees, towers, road layouts and paths.

The state -owned Russian Information Agency quoted a statement issued by the Karimni factory in Breansk as saying that the work had been suspended after an attack by six drones. Paville Malikov, the regional ruler, said emergency services responded.

The Kremlin admitted the attacks, but it did not mention damage or victims.

She claimed that she had destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones, including six over the Moscow area, 20 in the Rayzan region, and a number of them over the Breansk border area.

Sergey Sobianin, the mayor of Moscow, said that the city’s air defenses had intercepted attacks by Ukrainian drones in four locations.

He added that the air defenses, southeast of the capital, in Colomna and Romakkoy, also fell to drones without specifying their number. He said there was no harm.

Russian news agencies quoted the Federal Air Agency, Rosavatia, as saying that two airports in Moscow, Vinukovo and Dumodidovo, resumed flights after suspending operations for some time. Six flights were re -directed to other airports.

In the city of Kursk, the mayor of Kursk, Igor Kutsk, said that the attacks that took place during the night led to the destruction of electricity lines and the electricity cut off from one area.

In Ukraine, officials said its air defenses destroyed 25 out of 58 drones fired by Russia during the night.

The Ministry of the Interior said that the wreckage of a drone killed two men and a woman in Holvakha, Kiev, and another person was injured.

Today, Friday, the Russian Ministry of Justice ranked Russian BBC Olga Evchina, a “foreign agent”.

Evishena, residing in London, is the fourth BBC journalist to be included by Russia on the sanctions list since the full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Last week, the Russian BBC correspondent, Anstasia Lutearva, was added to the list, a prominent editor in Riga, and Andre Kozinko, a correspondent in London.

Those who have been determined as foreign agents are forced to mark any online content available in Russia as a foreign agent, and to share financial details. Not compliance can lead to fines or even imprisonment.

A BBC spokesman said that the commission “strongly rejects and will challenge this classification.”

“The role of Russian journalists in the BBC News, who make their reports independently and neutral, was not needed more than ever, and we will support them to ensure their ability to continue their work to serve the Russian -speaking masses.”