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Ukraine says its forces struck Ryazan refinery, airfield and Russian air-defence systems

From Ukrainska Pravda · () Ukrainian

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  • Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck the Ryazan oil refinery, an airfield near Rostov-on-Don and three Russian air-defence assets overnight on Sept. 5-6.
  • Fires were reported at the refinery and near the airfield, while the extent of the damage remained under assessment.
  • The refinery was described as a facility involved in supplying Russian forces, and open-source analysis identified it as the site of an earlier reported fire.

Ukrainian forces struck the Ryazan oil refinery, an airfield near Rostov-on-Don and three Russian air-defence assets during the night of Sept. 5-6, Ukraine’s General Staff said.

A fire broke out at the Ryazan refinery after the strike. The General Staff said the facility helps supply Russian forces. The Rostov-on-Don airfield in Rostov Oblast was also hit, with a fire reported nearby.

The Ukrainian military said the other targets were a Podlet radar and two Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems. It said the extent of the damage was still being assessed.

Ryazan Oblast Governor Pavel Malkov had earlier confirmed a drone attack in the region and reported a fire “at a facility” without identifying it. The Russian media outlet Astra later used open-source analysis of photographs and videos to identify the site as the Ryazan oil refinery.

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Originally published by Ukrainska Pravda in Ukrainian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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