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Ukraine attacked an oil refinery in Russia's Kaluga region in the early hours of Friday, setting the facility on fire, according to Russian media reports. Several explosions were heard in the Dzerzhinsky district of the Kaluga region, which borders the broader Moscow region, The Moscow Times reported, citing Russian Telegram channel SHOT. CNBC could not independently verify the reports. Vladislav Shapsha, governor of the Kaluga region, said in a Google-translated post via Telegram that the fire was promptly extinguished, and the extent of the damage was still being assessed. He did not say at what facility the incident took place.
Persons: Vladislav Shapsha Organizations: Moscow Times, Russian Telegram, CNBC Locations: Ukraine, Russia's Kaluga, Dzerzhinsky, Kaluga, Moscow
(Reuters) - Russian air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 21 Ukraine-launched drones over the Crimean Peninsula and several Russian regions, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing Moscow's defence ministry. Russia's systems downed 11 of the drones over Crimea, RIA state news agency reported. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 in a move condemned by Kyiv's Western allies as an illegal land grab. Bryansk, Kaluga and Tula regions, Russian agencies reported. Kyiv has intensified its air attacks in recent months, in what it says are strikes targeting Russian military infrastructure to undermine Moscow's war efforts.
Persons: Kyiv's, Mikhail Razvozhayev, Vladislav Shapsha, Lidia Kelly, Tom Hogue, Jamie Freed Organizations: Reuters, Telegram Locations: Ukraine, Crimean, Crimea, Russia, Moscow, Sevastopol, Crimea's, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula, Kyiv, Melbourne
Russian air defenses thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on a television tower in the southwestern Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, a local official said Wednesday. Aleksandr Bogomaz said a fire had been extinguished and emergency services were working at the site of the alleged attack. Earlier Wednesday, Russia's defense ministry said Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the regions of Bryansk, Oryol and Kaluga. Andrey Klychkov said two drones were shot down over the western region. The reports come a day after four Russian aircraft were damaged in a drone attack at an airport in the western city of Pskov, officials said.
Persons: Aleksandr Bogomaz, Bogomaz, Andrey Klychkov, Vladislav Shapsha Organizations: Bryansk Gov, Oryol Gov Locations: Ukrainian, Bryansk, Ukraine, Oryol, Kaluga, Moscow, Sukhinichsky, Pskov
MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that Ukraine had fired a missile towards Moscow and attacked the Crimean Peninsula with 42 drones, one of the biggest known coordinated Ukrainian air attacks to date on Russian-held territory. Russia's defence ministry said it had shot down a modified S-200 missile over the Kaluga region, which borders the Moscow region. "The missile was detected and destroyed by air defences over the territory of the Kaluga region," the defence ministry said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the attacks, which Russia blamed on Ukraine. The attack were the latest in a surge of similar attacks since two drones were destroyed over the Kremlin in early May.
Persons: Vladislav Shapsha, Mikhail Razvozhayev, Lidia Kelly, Christopher Cushing, Miral Fahmy, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Kremlin, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Crimean, Kaluga, Crimea, Sevastopol, Sevastopol's, Warsaw
CNN —Ukrainian forces appear to have stepped up their efforts to weaken Russian air superiority in the war by attacking bases that house supersonic warplanes deep inside Russian territory. Over the weekend, Russia’s defense ministry said another Ukrainian drone hit the Soltsy military airfield in the Novgorod region, also hundreds of kilometers north of Ukraine. The Shaykovka military air base operates Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range bombers that have been used by Russia to strike targets in Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion last year. Degrading moraleThe attack on Monday was the second strike against a Russian air base housing powerful hardware in just three days. Ukrainian media reported that attacks on Russian bases over the past few days have destroyed several aircraft including two bombers, citing unnamed Ukrainian defense intelligence officials.
Persons: Shaykovka, Andriy Yusov, Yusov, Tupolev, YURI KADOBNOV, Baza –, , ” Mash, Vladislav Shapsha, Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Tupolev, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, Getty, Russian Telegram, Russia’s Defense, Planet Labs, for, Russian Ministry of Defense Locations: Ukrainian, Novgorod, Ukraine, Netherlands, Denmark, Russia, Russia’s Kaluga, AFP, Russian, Kirov, Soltsy, Washington
June 5 (Reuters) - Two drones fell on a highway in Russia's Kaluga region that borders with the Moscow region to its north, with the local governor saying on Monday there was no detonation of explosives. "The area has been cordoned off," the governor of the region, Vladislav Shapsha, said on the Telegram messaging app. Based on the information provided by Shapsha, the drones fell some 280km-300km (174 miles-186 miles) from Moscow. Last week, Russia said Ukrainian drones struck wealthy districts of Moscow, which Kyiv denied. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Vladislav Shapsha, Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Shapsha, Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Russia's Kaluga, Moscow, Russia, Ukrainian, Melbourne, Lincoln
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