Ukrainian military officials said they were targeting drone storage sites and the oil refineries Russian strongman Vladimir Putin relies on to finance his war.
Kyiv blasted Russia with a barrage of drone strikes overnight, killing at least three people in retaliation for one of Moscow’s deadliest attacks of the more than three-year-old war.
Drone storage sites and oil refineries bankrolling Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s invasion into Ukraine were targeted, Ukrainian military officials said.
Among the casualties was a guard at an industrial facility near the Ukrainian border. Further from the frontline, a woman died in a drone strike and an elderly man was crushed by drone debris that fell on his house, according to field reports.
The Kyiv offensive also sparked a massive fire at the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery, leading to significant damage to the facility.
A thick orange ball of flames and plumes of smoke resembling that of a nuclear explosion could be seen, Russian media reported.
