Strike comes a day after fierce Russian assault on Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least six people and injured dozens.
Published On 15 Nov 2025
The Ukrainian army says it has struck a Russian oil refinery near the capital Moscow, a day after Russia launched massive, deadly attacks on Kyiv.
The Ukrainian army said on social media on Saturday that it hit a refinery in the Ryazan region as “part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s ability to launch missile and bomb strikes”.
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The Russian attacks on Ukraine’s capital on Friday killed at least six people and wounded nearly three dozen more, with residential buildings and other sites targeted.
Describing it as a “wicked attack”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said about 430 drones and 18 missiles, including ballistic and aeroballistic missiles, were used in the Russian assault.
The Ukrainian strike on the Ryazan refinery comes as the two countries have been trading attacks on energy infrastructure, particularly ahead of another punishing winter of war, as they seek to gain an advantage in the nearly four-year conflict.
Last week, Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state-run electricity transmission systems operator, announced that most regions across the country would undergo power cuts as crews worked to repair infrastructure damaged in Russian strikes.
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Separately on Saturday, Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said Rus