The reported strike comes two nights after Ukrainian forces launched a joint attack against the refinery that allegedly damaged multiple on-site facilities.

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil refinery in the city of Ryazan overnight, causing a fire and damaging equipment at one of Russia's biggest refineries, four industry sources told Reuters on Friday.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed an attack overnight that hit Russia's Ryazan Oil Refinery and the Ryazan Thermal Power Plant, leaving them ablaze Thursday morning. "As a result of the strikes,

Videos showed fireballs over a facility in Ryazan, 110 miles southeast of Moscow. Kyiv is seeking to disrupt Russian military logistics and put pressure on the country’s economy by striking its oil industry.

Ukraine on Sunday said that it repeatedly struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region, the second such attack claimed by Kyiv this week. A statement by Ukraine’s General Staff claimed that the country’s armed forces, together with Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, repeatedly struck facilities of the Ryazan Oil Refining Company.

Russia says it shot down more than 120 drones overnight, in what would be one of the largest attacks of the war.

Videos of a fire at the Ryazan Oil Refining Company following a drone attack have been posted on social media. Source: Russian Telegram channels Details: The footage shows a fire breaking out in Ryazan,

Ukraine drones hit an oil refinery east of Moscow in a mass attack on Russia, according to military sources. The oil plant in Ryazan, 120 miles south east of the capital, was targeted, as was a microelectronics production plant in Bryansk, western Russia, according to Ukraine’s military.

Drones have attacked strategic facilities in Russia, including hitting an oil refinery in Ryazan and targeting the Kremny El plant in Bryansk, which produces components for Russian weapons. Source: Andrii Kovalenko,

The governor of Russia's Ryazan region southeast of Moscow said emergency crews were dealing with the aftermath of an air attack early on Friday (January 24) on the main town in the region, also called Ryazan.