Ukraine says it attacked two Russian oil plants | News of the Russian-Ukrainian war

At least two people have been killed in drone attacks, Russian officials have said, as Ukraine continues to monitor power outages.

Ukraine says it has launched strikes against two Russian oil refineries as it continues to threaten Russian energy supplies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the military hit the Slavyansk and Yaroslavl refineries, about 300 and 700 kilometers (190 and 435 miles) from the front, respectively, overnight with remote drones.

“We continue our activities that reduce Russia’s ability to fight this war,” Zelenskyy wrote on X on Sunday, saying that each attack “means a decrease in the use of Russian military equipment”.

A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Slavyansk-na-Kubani in Russia’s Krasnodar region, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on his Telegraph channel, and several buildings were destroyed by debris. He said one person was killed in the attack.

The governor of Yaroslavl, Mikhail Yevrayev, said on Telegram that the region has been attacked by Ukrainian drones, and said that exits from the city were temporarily closed.

In the Belgorod region, one person was killed in the Shebekinsky district following 64 Ukrainian attacks in 24 hours, Russian news agency Tass reported. report.

Russia shot down “a total of 117 enemies of various nationalities”, said the governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein. “Drones dropped explosives on our territory seven times”.

Last week, Ukraine used it remote control drones hit two oil fields in Kerch in Crimea and the port of Kavkaz. All of these are used to bring oil to the Russian front. It also affected power plants, which led to the suspension of the Crimean oil embargo.

His ongoing campaign of massive drone strikes targeting Russian oil refineries and oil depots has hit the country’s economy, which is causing it. lack of fuel.

As the more than four-year-old war continues, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow is ready to resume talks on ending the conflict.

However, he said that this could be based on the talks held in Istanbul in 2022, which would include Russia’s demand that Ukraine hand over the Donbas region, among other pressing points.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that the military is continuing to attack Ukraine west of Lyman, RIA Novosti reports.

It said it killed 30 Ukrainian soldiers and destroyed four vehicles, five unmanned aerial vehicles and nine drone control centers.