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A fire broke out on Saturday at an oil refinery in Russia's Samara (Volga) region following a drone attack, according to the local governor.

The governor of the Samara region, Dmitry Azarov, announced in a statement to the local government posted on Telegram, “Tonight, several drone attacks were carried out on two oil refineries in the region.”

He added that one of these attacks caused “a fire in the Kuibitshevsky oil refinery,” stressing that there were no casualties.

The refinery, run by the giant Russian group Rosneft, is one of the largest in the Samara region, and its production capacity reaches seven million tons of oil per year, according to information available on its official website.

Azarov said that a drone attack on another oil refinery in Novokuibyshevsky in the Samara region was repelled "without causing damage to the technological equipment."

"We see that the enemy, which suffers defeats on the battlefield, is doing everything in its power to undermine our steadfastness and unity," he wrote.

For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that it had responded overnight to “12 Ukrainian drones” over the regions of Bryansk (5), Belgorod (5), and Voronezh (1), on the Ukrainian border, and over Saratov (1).

In recent weeks, Ukraine has intensified its attacks on Russia, particularly targeting energy facilities, while the Russian attack on this country has continued since February 2022.

Ukraine has vowed to move the battles to Russian territory in response to the bombing targeting it.

AFP