Jan 31, 2025, 11:14 AM

Fire erupts at Russian oil refinery after Ukraine attack

Fire erupts at Russian oil refinery after Ukraine attack

TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – Fire erupted at an oil refinery after Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russian territory.

Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 49 Ukrainian drones over seven Russian regions overnight, the Defense Ministry said.

According to the ministry, 25 drones were destroyed over the Rostov Region, eight over the Volgograd Region, six over the Kursk Region, four over the Yaroslavl Region, and two each over the Belgorod, Voronezh, and Krasnodar Regions.

The fall of debris from one of the drones caused a fire at an oil refinery in the Volgograd Region, the regional administration's Telegram channel reported. The fire was extinguished. One oil refinery employee was injured. He was hospitalized, TASS reported.

In the south of the Voronezh Region, the driver of a car was injured by the fall of a drone, Governor Alexander Gusev said. A house and a farm were also damaged. In Voronezh, the glazing of an industrial enterprise was damaged.

In the Vladimir Region, the fence of a private house was slightly damaged by the fall of a drone, Governor Alexander Avdeyev said.

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