We've beendocumentingthat Ukraine has been demonstrating deeper targeting reach inside Russia, as several key oil sites have come under direct drone attack over several days and weeks, resulting in significant destruction.
Just in the last several days, Russian state media hasrecorded over 50 Ukrainian drone attacks targeting the country's capitalof Moscow.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Tuesday confirmed that since the start of this month, Ukrainian efforts to target the capital region have greatly increased.
The distance of Moscow from the Ukrainian border isnearly 300 miles, but lately Ukraine has also demonstrated the ability of its long-range drones to target as far away as Perm and the Ural Mountains.
"The defense ministry’s air defense assets have downed yet another UAV. Emergency relief specialists are working at the scene, where the debris from the UAV landed," Mayor Sobyanin stated.
And he detailed, per TASS, that"from May 2 to 5, the capital was attacked by 51 drones. In the current 24-hour period, 19 UAVs have been shot down."
Also, one of Russia's largest refineries came under fresh attack on Tuesday, withOil Pricereviewing thefollowing:
One of Russia's largest oil refineries, the 400,000 barrels-per-day Kirishi refinery southeast of St. Petersburg, was on fire early on Tuesdayfollowing drone attacks overnight, Bloombergreports, citing satellite images from NASA.
According to satellite images taken on Tuesday by NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System, the Kirishi refinery owned by oil producer Surgutneftegas and nearby areas were detected to emit heating anomalies which signal fires.
Alexander Drozdenko, the governor of the Leningrad region where the refinery is located,postedon Telegram early on Tuesday that the fire at the Kirishi industrial zone has been localized, while the Kirishi refinery was the main target of the drone attacks overnight. The post did not confirm a hit on the refinery, only stating that it was targeted.
Source: ZeroHedge News
