Ukraine would have struck a Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 121 drones, one of the largest unique operations of the genre during the war.
Video sequences checked by the BBC show a fireball that rises on the refinery and the pumping station in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, which, according to Ukrainian officials, was a target.
Russia said it had killed 121 drones that had targeted 13 regions, including Ryazan and Moscow, but did not report any damage.
Elsewhere, the Ukrainian authorities said three people had been killed and one was injured when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the kyiv region.
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukraine disinformation center, said on Telegram that an oil refinery in Ryazan had been affected, as well as the Krenniy factory in Bryansk which, according to kyiv, produces missile components and others weapons.
Telegram bloggers have published images and videos of fires that are raging in the installation of Ryazan, which covers about 6 square feet (2.3 m²). Verified images show that people fleeing the site in the cars and on foot while a fire ball goes up in the sky.
The BBC checks the video sequences used to establish the location of two fires on the refinery. A video shows a fire near the north entrance, the location of which was equal by the layout of the roads, the panels and the fences.
Two other videos show a larger fire on the east side of the refinery, about 3 km (1.6 m) from the first. The location has been identified by corresponding trees, pylons, road arrangements and paths.
The Russian state news agency RIA cited a statement from the Krenciy factory in Bryansk, which said that work had been suspended after an attack by six drones. Pavel Malkov, the regional governor, said that emergency services responded.
The Kremlin recognized the attacks but has made no mention of damage or victims.
He said he destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones, including six in the Moscow region, 20 in the Ryazan region, and a number in the Bryansk border region.
Sergei Sobyanin, mayor of Moscow, said that the city’s air defenses had intercepted Ukrainian drone attacks in four places.
He said the air defenses south-east of the capital in Kolomna and Ramenskoye had also pushed the drones, without specifying how much. He said there was no damage.
Russian press agencies have cited Rosaviatsiyi, the Federal Aviation Agency, saying that two Moscow airports, Vnukovo and Domodedovo, had resumed flights after suspending operations for a while. Six flights were redirected to other airports.
In the city of Kursk, the mayor Igor Kutsak said that night attacks had damaged the electricity lines and cut electricity in a district.
In Ukraine, officials said its air defenses had destroyed 25 of the 58 drones launched overnight by Russia.
The Interior Ministry said that the debris of one of the drones had killed two men and a woman in Hlevakha, in the kyiv region, and that another person had been injured.
Friday, the Russian Ministry of Justice appointed Olga IVshina of the BBC Russian Service a “foreign agent”.
Ivshina, which is based in London, is the fourth BBC journalist to be appointed by Russia since the complete invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Last week, Anastasia Lotareva, BBC Russian, editor -in -chief of Riga, and Andrey Kozenko, journalist in London, were added to the list.
People appointed foreign agents are forced to mark any online content available in Russia as having come from a foreign agent and to share financial details. Failure can cause fines or even imprisonment.
A BBC spokesperson said that the company “rejects firmly and would dispute the designation”.
“The role of Russian journalists of BBC News, reporting independently and impartial, has never been necessary, and we will support them to ensure that they can continue to do their job at the service of the Russian public.”
