Andrey Kavalenko, the head of the Center for Combating Disinformation of Ukraine, said that the oil refinery in Ryazan, as well as the Kremei plant in Bryansk, were targeted in the telegram. KYIV says the facility produces components for missiles and other weapons.
Bloggers on social media site Telegram posted images and videos of the fires raging in Ryazan. Footage verified by the BBC, which has been verified as authentic, shows people fleeing the site in cars as it engulfs.
Russia’s state news agency RIA cited a statement from the Krenya plant in Bryansk as saying that work had been suspended following an attack involving six drones. Pavel Malkov, the regional governor, said that emergency services are responding.
The Kremlin acknowledged the attacks, but did not mention the damage or casualties.
He claimed to have destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones, including six in the Moscow region, 20 in the Ryazan region, and a number in the border region of Bryansk.
Sergei Sabian, the mayor of Moscow, said that the city’s air defense intercepted attacks by Ukrainian drones in four places.
He said air defenses southeast of the capital in Kalamen and Ramenskaya also pushed back the drones, without specifying how many. He said there was no harm.
