Social media experiences have indicated that drones attacked an oil refinery within the Russian metropolis of Syzran in Samara Oblast on the night time of 14-15 August.

Supply: Telegram channels; BBC Information Russian; Samara Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev; Russian Defence Ministry

Particulars: Telegram channels revealed movies in a single day allegedly exhibiting a drone assault on the refinery in Syzran.

They reported, citing native residents, explosions and fires close to the refinery.

Fedorishchev said within the morning that the oblast had been attacked by 13 drones, however didn’t point out the refinery.

Up to date: Later, the Russian Defence Ministry claimed that air defence had intercepted and destroyed 53 Ukrainian drones in a single day.

13 drones had been allegedly destroyed over Kursk Oblast, 11 over Rostov Oblast, seven over Samara Oblast, six over Belgorod Oblast, 5 over Oryol Oblast, 4 every over Bryansk and Voronezh oblasts and one over Saratov Oblast in addition to one every over briefly occupied Crimea and the Sea of Azov.

The Russian Defence Ministry, as traditional, didn’t report both the full variety of drones that entered Russian territory or the implications of the assault.

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