Kyiv launches fresh drone assault on Putin's oil refineries inside Russia - Volgograd governor Andrei Bocharov says a fire temporarily broke out after a Ukrainian drone attack

"This refinery is one of the 10 largest oil refineries in Russia in terms of design capacity and is involved in supplying the Russian occupatying army," the General Staff said in a statement.

Drone strikes were reported across multiple Russian regions, including Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Tver, and Bryansk, igniting fires and triggering air defence responses. While there were no reported casualties, an oil refinery in the city of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod, suffered significant damage.

A Russian official said a recent oil spill in the Black Sea was unprecedented and could have been avoided, highlighting the age of the vessels involved.

"The Volgograd oil refinery has been hit. It is one of the largest in Russia. Its design capacity is about 14 million tons of oil per year, making it the sixth-largest refinery in Russia. The refinery produces gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, and aviation fuel," Kovalenko said.

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

A Ukrainian drone attack ignited a massive fire at an oil depot in Russia 's Smolensk region early Tuesday, authorities reported. The incident marks the latest in a series of strikes targeting Russian energy infrastructure in recent weeks.

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New air defense systems and hangars are being constructed at Russian military airfields near Ukraine, including the Millerovo base in Rostov region.

Earlier, Brussels assured Budapest of providing energy security guarantees, including the commitment to seek Ukraine’s resumption of transit of Russian gas, to prevent the disruption of transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline,

An oil refinery in Russia's southern Volgograd region caught fire after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, but the blaze has now been put out, the regional

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