Ukrainian drones launch the ‘largest attack’ on Russia’s Yaroslavl region, governor says; major oil refinery catches fire

Ukrainian drones launched what officials are calling the largest drone attack yet on Russia's Yaroslavl region, striking the Yaroslavneftorgsintez oil refinery and igniting a major fire. According to Meduza, the regional governor said air defense forces destroyed eighty-eight incoming drones, though the strike damaged a private home and apartment buildings. The refinery ranks among Russia's five largest by capacity, and this marks at least the sixth time Ukraine has targeted it since the start of twenty twenty-six—part of an ongoing pattern of strikes on Russian oil infrastructure that disrupts fuel supplies and pushes prices higher.

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