Zelenskyy: Ukrainian Drones Strike Deep into Russia, Causing Major Fire at Oil Refinery

(CNA, Kyiv, 21st, Comprehensive Foreign Report) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the military stated today that their forces' drones attacked an oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast, located hundreds of kilometers from the Russia-Ukraine border. Reuters reported that Zelenskyy wrote in a post on the messaging app Telegram: "This is another long-range sanction by Ukraine against the Russian refining industry, and we will continue this action." He also noted: "This time the target was the Syzran refinery, which is more than 800 kilometers from our border." Zelenskyy's post also included a video showing the refinery facility engulfed in a large fire with thick smoke billowing into the sky. The governor of Russia's Samara Oblast, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, confirmed that the town of Syzran in Samara Oblast was attacked by drones, resulting in two deaths, but he did not mention whether the drone attack caused any damage to infrastructure. The commander of Ukraine's drone forces, Robert Brovdi, revealed that this was the 11th Russian refinery targeted by Ukraine in May of this year. (Translator: Chen Yen-chun) 1150521