Ukraine hits Russian refineries as Kyiv faces strikes

Russia launched ballistic missiles and attack drones against Ukraine’s capital overnight, killing at least nine people, while Kyiv’s forces struck oil facilities deep inside Russia territory.Local authorities confirmed a fire at an industrial site in Ufa in the Bashkortostan Republic, without specifying what had been damaged. Ufa is home to Bashneft’s refining complex, which includes three oil refineries. “These refineries process millions of tons of oil each year,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on X. “Our targets are consistently defined facilities that sustain the war effort.” Rescuers work at the site of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv yesterday. Photo: EPA Ukraine previously struck the Ufa oil refinery in April, June and last year, as it pushe