Ukraine drones strike Russian oil facility, as Kyiv and Moscow trade blows

Strikes have seen 13,000 residents without power in Zaporizhzhia as Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks.Ukraine has launched coordinated drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure across multiple regions overnight.The most significant strike hit Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, where a major port fire broke out after drones hit a tanker, fuel tank and administrative building, Russia’s RIA Novosti state media agency reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3NATO states slam Russia after drone crashes in Romanialist 2 of 3Russian rate of losses in Ukraine almost triples in one yearlist 3 of 3Polish president threatens to strip Ukraine’s Zelenskyy of top state honourend of listEarly on Saturday, Rostov Governor Yury Slyusar confirmed the attack on Max, a Russian state-backed messaging app.“A tanker, a fuel tank, and an administrative building caught fire at the port of Taganrog as a result of a drone attack,” Slyusar wrote. “According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. The information is being clarified.”The attack also injured two civilians when a drone struck a private home in Taganrog. “Tonight, civilians were injured again as a result of an air strike on Taganrog,” Slyusar said. “According to preliminary information, two people were injured when a drone struck a private home. Medics are providing assistance and doing everything necessary.”Slyusar added that Russian air defences destroyed multiple drones overnight across four districts. “During the repulse of an air attack on the Rostov region at night, UAVs were destroyed in the city of Taganrog, Chertkovsky, Matveyevo-Kurgansky, and Neklinovsky districts,” he said, per RIA Novosti.In the village of Grekovo-Timofeyevka, a gas pipe in a house caught fire after being damaged by a drone. Residents were evacuated, with no casualties. “In the village of Botsmanovo in the Neklinovsky District, the windows in two houses were damaged. There were no injuries,” Slyusar added.Additional attacks struck an oil facility in Armavir, Krasnodar Krai and giant fuel tanks burned near Yaroslavl after Ukrainian drone attacks. Russia’s Volgograd oil refinery was forced to shut down following drone strikes.