As snow fell in a wooded area of Ukraine, the long-range attack drones accelerated one by one down an unlit, abandoned road and their whirring engines propelled them into the night sky.

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

By Andrew Osborn and Ronald Popeski (Reuters) -Russian air defences repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight, intercepting and destroying 121 drones targeting 13 regions, including Moscow,

The Air Force units, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, have attacked the storage facilities for Shahed attack drones in the Oryol region of Russia. About 200 drones will no longer be able to attack Ukraine,

Kyiv on Sunday claimed responsibility for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil refinery, making it the second attack on the same site in less than two weeks. Ukraine's military said that "the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine hit the facilities of the Ryazan Oil Refining Company again.

Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing three civilians and damaging residential and commercial buildings, officials said.

Ukrainian defenders have struck the oil refinery in the Ryazan region for the second time this week. They also launched an attack on a forward command post of the Russian forces in the Kursk region, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

During the night from Saturday to Sunday, foreign drones—most likely Ukrainian—were spotted over the refinery in the city of Ryazan, located about 200 kilometres southeast of Moscow. A series of explosions occurred,