Ukraine war briefing: Drones strike Russia’s Tyumen oil refinery 2,000km away, says Zelenskyy
Reports from Siberia confirm attack, while Ukrainian president says new weapon has 3,000km range; occupied Crimea under attack. What we know on day 1,579
TL;DR
- Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery in Russia's Tyumen region, over 2,000 km from Ukraine.
- Ukrainian company Fire Point developed new long-range drones capable of travelling over 3,000 km.
- Unverified videos suggest the Tyumen refinery (Antipinsky refinery) was targeted.
- Russian officials described the incident as 'fallen [drone] debris' to downplay the attack.
- Occupied Crimea saw multiple strikes, including an oil terminal at Kerch and an electrical substation at Bilohorsk.
- Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia with glide bombs, killing five and injuring 10.
- A bomb attack near Sumy killed one person.
- One person died in a drone attack in the Kherson region.
- Three children were injured in Russian shelling of Poltava.
- A Russian bomb attack on an apartment building in Kharkiv killed at least one person and wounded nine.