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UNBELIEVABLE: Ukraine oil refinery fire sparked by drone attack russia downs four uavs | History Defined

Ukrainian law enforcement officers stand next to the burning industrial facility following a Russian air attack in the Poltava region, Ukraine, in August 2023 [File: Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff via AFP]

Ukraine and Russia launched waves of drone attacks overnight with reports of a fire at an oil refinery in Ukraine’s Poltava region and four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) being shot down over two regions in Russia’s west, officials say.

A Russian drone hit the Kremenchuk oil refinery in the central Poltava region of Ukraine, causing a fire, the regional governor, Dmytro Lunin, said on Wednesday.

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