
Ukrainian forces have carried out attacks on targets in Russia and occupied territories, while Russia continues to shell Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
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The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war includes attacks on energy and military infrastructure on both sides of the front.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army reported on Saturday that unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian defense forces struck the plant in Ilysk. A fire was about to break out at the refinery.
The Ukrainian side emphasizes that the refinery in Ilsk is one of the largest facilities of this type in the region. Its processing capacity is expected to be approximately 6.6 million tons of crude oil per year. According to Kiev, part of the plant's production is intended for the needs of the Russian army waging war against Ukraine.
The authorities of the Krasnodar Krai reported three deaths and two injuries in connection with drone attacks in the region. It was not specified where exactly these events took place.
The Ukrainian General Staff also reported that other targets in the territories occupied by Russia were destroyed on the night from Friday to Saturday.
According to the statement, the target was, among others, the Russian ammunition depot in Severodonetsk in the occupied Luhansk Oblast. The Ukrainians also reported the destruction of the P-18 radar station in the occupied part of the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also said that Ukrainian long-range forces attacked a plant producing components for rockets and artillery, including Pantsir-S2 anti-aircraft systems, in the Rostov Oblast.
At the same time, Zelensky informed about the effects of Russian attacks on Ukraine. According to him, two people were killed and 14 were injured.
Fatalities were reported in Zaporozhye. Russian strikes were also intended to cover civilian buildings in Kiev, Zaporozhye and the Odessa, Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts.
Energy infrastructure facilities in the Poltava, Mykolaiv and Vinnytsia oblasts were also attacked.
The Ukrainian president called on Western partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
"Russian escalation is happening every day. The world should respond in a stronger way to prevent the war from spreading further," Zelensky wrote on Telegram.

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