Two mor manned aircraft (drones) hit oil refineries in the southwest Russianear Ukraine, Russian media reported today and local officials said, the day after an alleged drone strike against the Kremlin and an “assassination attempt” on Russian President Putin.

A fire that has now been extinguished broke out in a tank at an oil facility in Ilski, Krasnodar region, following an attack by “a drone” that has not been identified, according to emergency services cited by Russia’s TASS and Ria Novosti news agencies.

Its governor Krasnodar Benjamin Kondratiev reported on Telegram that the fire was contained to an area of ​​400 square meters and was quickly extinguished by firefighters around 05:00 local time (and Greek time).

About an hour later, Vasily Golubiev, its district governor Rostovlocated on the border with Ukraine, also announced that a drone crashed into a local refinery near the village of Keselevka.

According to this source, the drone caused an explosion and a fire, which was “immediately” extinguished by factory personnel. “There are no victims, the damage caused to the facilities is insignificant,” clarified Golubiev.

At the same time, its district governor Voronezhwhich is also on the border with Ukraine, said in a Telegram post that local air defenses shot down a drone early this morning and that there were no reports of casualties or damage.

Yesterday, Wednesday, Russia announced that it had shot down two Ukrainian drones aimed at the Kremlin, in the most spectacular attack attributed by Russian authorities to Kiev since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied any involvement by Kiev in what Moscow accuses of a “drone attack on the Kremlin”.

Russian drone strike in Ukraine before dawn

Ukraine’s air defenses said today that they shot down 18 of 24 Russian kamikaze drones launched by Russia in its pre-dawn attack on Ukraine, which specifically targeted the Odessa.

Twelve of the kamikaze drones launched against the Black Sea port city of Odessa were shot down and three started a fire in a residential complex, but it was quickly extinguished without causing any casualties, she said.

At the same time, its local authorities Kiev they said in a statement that all the missiles and drones that targeted the Ukrainian capital for the third time in four days had been shot down.

“The Russians attacked Kiev using Shahed drones and missiles, probably of ballistic type,” the local authorities of the Ukrainian capital clarified.

At the same time, residents are leaving Khersonafter another night of Russian bombing.

At least 23 civilians killed in attacks that hit a train station, a supermarket and apartment buildings

Russia has been regularly bombing Ukraine since last October, hitting various targets. The latest explosions were reported less than 24 hours after Kiev announced that 21 people had been killed in a Russian strike on the city of Kherson.