Ukraine carries out biggest attack inside Russia this year, oil refinery burns! Footage emerges

An oil refinery in the Russian city of Ryazan has been completely engulfed in fire after Kiev carried out a major drone attack on Friday.

This attack, Ukraine's largest since the beginning of this year, was carried out against more than a dozen regions of Russia, including Moscow.

Verified witnesses and videos show a very large fire at Rosneft's oil refinery in Kazan.

A video, posted on Telegram, shows the huge fire and people screaming and running away from an industrial area engulfed in flames.

Fires were also reported near the Novo-Ryazan power plant.

No casualties were reported, while the Russian Defense Ministry said it had destroyed over 120 Ukrainian drones across Russian territory.

According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, six drones were shot down over Moscow, and several others were shot down in the surrounding areas, Shchyolkovo, Kolomna, Ramenskoye and Podolsk.

Sobyanin said there was no major damage or injuries at the sites where the drone debris had fallen, but the attack caused significant disruption to civil air traffic, temporarily suspending operations at Moscow's three main airports - Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 37 drones were shot down in the Bryansk region, while 17 drones were shot down in other regions such as Kursk and Saratov. Smaller numbers of drones were shot down in the Rostov, Belgorod, Voronezh, Tula, Oryol and Lipetsk regions.

Temporary restrictions were also imposed on flight landings and takeoffs at airports in Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Penza, Samara and Saratov, due to the ongoing threat from drones.

The scale of Ukraine's drone attacks against Russia coincided with a series of Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian territory.

In Kiev, a Russian attack killed three civilians. Damage to residential areas was also reported, including significant destruction in the towns of Fastiv and Brovary, near the Ukrainian capital.

Russian forces regularly use various types of weapons, including drones, missiles, and artillery, to attack Ukrainian regions, often hitting civilian infrastructure and residential areas.

While Russian authorities deny that they are deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure, Ukraine and international organizations have condemned these actions as war crimes, highlighting the frequency and deliberate nature of attacks on hospitals, schools and energy facilities./ REL