Ukrainian drones struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, military officials said on Thursday (August 13, 2026), the fourth in three days in Kyiv’s months-long campaign to choke Moscow’s vital oil sector.
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Ukraine says Russia fired North Korean missiles in deadly attack The complex, located southeast of Moscow about 1,300 km from Ukraine’s border, is one of Russia’s largest oil refining and petrochemical facilities, the General Staff said in a Telegram post.
Meanwhile, five first responders were killed in Russia-annexed Crimea by an explosion after a Ukrainian attack, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol said.
“Our guys were inspecting the area after a Ukrainian attack.” Overnight Ukrainian blitz damages Russia's Black Sea naval stronghold, Zelenskyy says
