Ukrainian military says it hit Russia’s oil facilities, military airfield

(Forelines) – Ukraine’s military reported, quoted by Reuters on Saturday that it had hit an electronics industry, a military drone airport, and oil infrastructure inside Russia, including a large refinery.

As per Reuters, citing Telegram post, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces stated to have struck and burnt the Ryazan oil refinery, which is roughly 180 kilometers (110 miles) southeast of Moscow.

The Annanefteprodukt oil storage complex in the Voronezh area, which borders northeastern Ukraine, was also damaged, according to the USF, as per the report

Although the USF specializes in drone warfare, particularly long-range operations, the statement did not explain how the sites were struck, added in report.

Russia did not immediately respond to reports of strikes on its infrastructure installations, Reuters said.

According to a distinct report by kyiv’s SBU intelligence agency, Reuters cited, its drones struck Moscow’s Primorsko-Akhtarsk military airfield, which has been utilized for conducting long-range drone waves at Ukrainian targets.

Additionally, the SBU claimed to have struck a Penza factory that supplies electronics to Russia’s military-industrial complex, Reuters added.

At the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine had no defense against Moscow’s enormous long-range strike ability, but since then, it has built up a fleet of long-range kamikaze drones that can transport explosive warheads for hundreds of kilometers (miles), reported by Reuters.

According to Reuters, quoting Russia’s defense ministry in its daily report that Russian soldiers shot down 338 Ukrainian drones overnight.The number of Ukrainian drones launched at any one time is not specified in their reports.

Ukraine’s air force claimed to have shot down 45 of 53 Russian drones that were sent at its territory during the course of the night, as per Reuters.

As per to Russian military ministry, Reuters cited that Russia troops seized the village of Oleksandro-Kalynove on Ukraine’s eastern front on Saturday.

After a torturous three and a half years of fighting, Russian troops now control around 20% of Ukraine, both in the east and the south, Reuters report.