Increasing attacks from kyiv.
The Russian army claimed this Sunday to have shot down 35 Ukrainian drones flying over several regions of Russia, including Moscow, during the night, on the last day of the presidential election destined to triumphantly re-elect Vladimir Putin.
“Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 35 drones over the territories” of Moscow, Belgorod, Kaluga, Oriol, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Kursk and Krasnodar regions, the Defense Ministry said, Ukrainian attacks being multiplied in the last days.
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A targeted refinery
A new drone attack, blamed on Ukraine, also caused a fire at a refinery in southern Russia, regional authorities in Krasnodar said this Sunday morning, reporting one death after a crisis. suspected heart attack.
Ukrainian attacks have increased this week in the country, where the last day of the presidential vote to re-elect Vladimir Putin takes place on Sunday.
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“The fire on the territory of the Slavyansk oil refinery is now completely extinguished,” the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region reported on Telegram.
“Preliminary information indicates that one person died at the time of the drone attack, with the probable cause of death being a heart attack.”
The Slavyansk-on-Kuban refinery is located in the Krasnodar region, east of the Sea of Azov.
On Saturday, a refinery was set on fire in Samara, some 1,000 km from the Ukrainian border, after drone attacks.
An oil refinery was also targeted by a drone on Wednesday in Ryazan, about 200 km southeast of Moscow, causing injuries.
On Tuesday another refinery was targeted in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 800 km from the border with Ukraine and a fire broke out the same day in a fuel complex in the Oriol region, about 160 km away. from the Ukrainian border.