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Russia faced the heaviest Ukrainian drone attack so far this year, with at least one of the aircraft reportedly downed near an oil refinery and another damaging one of the country’s biggest microchip plants.
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Published Jan 24, 2025 • 1 minute read
(Bloomberg) — Russia faced the heaviest Ukrainian drone attack so far this year, with at least one of the aircraft reportedly downed near an oil refinery and another damaging one of the country’s biggest microchip plants.
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The Defense Ministry in Moscow said 124 Ukrainian drones that targeted more than a dozen regions were intercepted overnight and early Friday, including over Moscow and the northern Leningrad area. Nine airports temporarily halted operations, including some in the capital, Russian news wires reported, citing the state aviation authority.
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In the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, the Kremny Group microelectronics manufacturer suspended work after the drone attack, according to the state-run Tass news service. Some of the production facilities and a warehouse for finished goods were damaged, the report said, citing the company’s press service.
Emergency services in the Ryazan region, south of Moscow, were tackling “the consequences of debris from a downed UAV hitting the territory of one of the enterprises,” RIA Novosti news service reported.
Unverified video posted by Telegram users showed fires on the territory of the Ryazan refinery owned by Rosneft PJSC. Rosneft’s press service didn’t immediately respond to a Bloomberg request to comment.
Regional Governor Pavel Malkov only said that there had been a drone attack on the region and that the consequences were being evaluated without mentioning the refinery.
The overnight strikes on Russia were among the heaviest and most widespread in recent months. They took place as US President Donald Trump is seeking to make good on his pledge to bring an end to the nearly three-year-long war, urging Russia and Ukraine to reach a deal to resolve the conflict.
Separately, Russian drones attacked Ukraine and killed at least three people in the Kyiv region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on X. Russia struck Ukraine’s energy sector with missiles last week, forcing emergency power cuts across large swathes of the war-battered nation.
(Updates with more detail on damage in the third paragraph.)
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