00:00Ukrainian drones struck one of Russia's largest oil refineries overnight into Sunday,
00:06according to both Ukraine's military and Russian officials.
00:10The attack is the latest in a series of Ukrainian strikes targeting Russian oil infrastructure in recent weeks,
00:17which Kyiv says fuels the Kremlin's invasion.
00:20The Kirishya refinery in Russia's northwestern Leningrad region is one of the country's top three refineries by output.
00:27The facility, operated by Surgut Neftegaz, produces close to 18 million metric tons of crude per year.
00:36Ukraine's military says their strikes caused explosions and set a portion of the facility on fire.
00:42Russian officials say they downed over 80 Ukrainian drones, three of them above the facility,
00:48and say the fire was caused by the falling debris.
00:51Moscow did not detail the extent of the damage,
00:54but noted that no civilians were injured or killed in the attacks.
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