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Ukraine launched 35 drones against broad areas of Russia, sparking a brief fire at an oil refinery, targeting Moscow and disrupting electricity in border areas, Russia said early on Sunday, the final day of the country\u2019s presidential vote.<\/p>\n
Moscow accuses Kyiv of election sabotage with its days of strikes on Russian infrastructure, one of the most sweeping air operations on Russian territory since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of neighbouring Ukraine two years ago.Putin, all but certain to win re-election, has vowed to punish Ukraine for the attacks.Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked his military forces and intelligence for new \u201clong-range capabilities\u201d in his nightly video address on Saturday, without mentioning the reported intensified attacks by his nation\u2019s forces.Reuters could not independently verify the reports.The Russian defence ministry posted on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday that 17 drones were destroyed over the southern Russian region of Krasnodar, four over the Moscow region and the rest over six other regions.\u201cThe drones were neutralised, but a fire broke out as a result of the fall of one of the devices,\u201d the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region in southern Russia said on Telegram.The fire at the Slavyansk refinery in Krasnodar was extinguished and there were no casualties as a result of the fire, although preliminary information indicated one person had died of a heart attack, the administration said.Roman Siniagovskyi, head of the Slavyansk administrative district, said on Telegram refinery workers were evacuated and there was no threat to nearby populated areas from the incident.The Slavyansk refinery, some 70 km (45 miles) north of Krasnodar, processes around 4.5 million metric tons of crude a year, producing fuel mainly for exports, but also sells some gasoline on the domestic market.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties or damage reported from the drones shot down over three districts near Moscow.North of Moscow four drones were destroyed over the Yaroslavl region, with no damage or injuries reported, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said on Telegram.In the border region of Belgorod, an attack by four Ukraine-launched drones damaged electricity and gas lines in one village, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.Russia\u2019s defence ministry said Russian forces also shot down 12 rockets launched from Ukraine towards the Belgorod region on Sunday.As Russia was facing attacks from Ukraine, Kyiv\u2019s military said on Sunday that Russian air attacks had damaged agricultural enterprises and destroyed several industrial buildings in the Black Sea port of Odesa overnight.Follow the
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Ukraine launched 35 drones against Russia, causing a brief fire at an oil refinery, targeting Moscow, and disrupting electricity in border areas. The attacks occurred on the final day of Russia’s presidential vote. Russia accused Ukraine of election sabotage. President Putin vowed to punish Ukraine for the attacks. Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy thanked his military for new “long-range capabilities” without directly mentioning the attacks. The Russian defense ministry reported that 17 drones were destroyed over Krasnodar, four over Moscow, and others over six regions. One drone caused a fire at the Slavyansk refinery in Krasnodar, which was extinguished without casualties, although one person reportedly died of a heart attack. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Governor Mikhail Yevrayev of Yaroslavl reported no casualties or damage from drones shot down near Moscow and Yaroslavl, respectively. In Belgorod, drones damaged electricity and gas lines, and Russian forces shot down 12 rockets from Ukraine. Russian air attacks damaged agricultural enterprises and industrial buildings in Odesa, Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[383,1234,2028,924,3,1232,1600,553,1606,118,250,1314,296,1220,1054,1004,154,720,19,2026,1846,17,1357,20,1774],"class_list":["post-4487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-attack","tag-attacks","tag-belgorod-region","tag-buildings","tag-cyprus","tag-drones","tag-election","tag-electricity","tag-exports","tag-fire","tag-google","tag-injuries","tag-kyiv","tag-port","tag-port-of-odesa","tag-power","tag-putin","tag-rest","tag-russia","tag-russian-forces","tag-threat","tag-ukraine","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-volodymyr-zelenskiy","tag-vote"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n