Ukraine launched sustained drone attacks targeting power and refinery plants in the neighboring Moscow and Tver regions, Russian officials and media reported yesterday, with tens of drones destroyed also across other parts of the country.
The Baza Telegram news channel, which is close to Russian security services, said loud blasts were heard near the Konakovo Power Station in the Tver region, one of the largest energy producers in central Russia.
Tver Governor Igor Rudenya said five drones were destroyed over the region northwest of the capital.
Photo: Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP
He did not mention possible damage.
A Ukraine-launched drone was destroyed near the Moscow Oil Refinery, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
There was no damage or threat to the refinery’s production process, he added.
The refinery, owned by Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, is in southeastern Moscow, according to information on Gazprom Neft’s Web site.
Ukraine also attempted to strike the Kashira Power Plant in the Moscow region with three drones, Kashira city district head Mikhail Shuvalov said on Telegram.
There was no fire, damage or casualties as a result of the attack, he said.
“Electricity is being supplied without problems,” Shuvalov posted on the Telegram messaging app.
At least nine drones were destroyed in Moscow and in the surrounding region, Sobyanin wrote on Telegram.
About 26 Ukraine-launched drones were destroyed over the border region of Bryansk in Russia’s southwest, the region’s governor, Alexander Bogomaz, said on Telegram.
More than 10 drones were destroyed over the Voronezh region and several were downed over Kursk, Lipetsk, Ryazan and Tula regions, governors of the regions said in posts on Telegram.
There were no injuries or damage as a result of any of the attacks, according to preliminary information.
Russia rarely discloses the full extent of damage inflicted by Ukraine’s air attacks.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Kyiv is pressing the US for permission to use allied-supplied weapons to strike deep inside Russia.
With the domestic drone industry growing rapidly, Kyiv has been stepping up its attacks on Russia, striking energy, military and transport infrastructure - sectors vital to Moscow’s war efforts.
However, Kyiv says that it needs to be allowed to use more powerful Western-supplied weapons to inflict greater damage inside Russia and impair Moscow’s abilities to continue its attacks on Ukraine, which it invaded in February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s senior officials were in Washington last week, appealing to the US for what Zelenskiy called “capabilities to truly and fully” protect the country.
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