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Kamikaze drones blast ANOTHER of Putin’s oil refineries as massive inferno burns through site 200 miles inside Russia
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UKRAINIAN kamikaze drones have blasted yet another Russian oil refinery as the country attempts to cut off fuel supplies to Putin's military.
A succession of powerful explosions were heard in the Dzerzhinsky district in Kaluga Oblast overnight as flames and smoke filled the air.
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Dramatic footage showed a massive orange inferno at the Pervyy Zavod refinery following reports of several drones flying overhead.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed a drone flying toward the Russian capital had been downed in Moscow Oblast, as three more drones were allegedly destroyed in Bryansk Oblast.
Three tanks containing diesel fuel, and one tank containing fuel oil, were said to have been set alight.
The region's governor Vladislav Shapsha reported about 7am local time (5am UK time) that the fire had been extinguished and that no one had been injured.
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Ukraine is said to be targeting Russian oil refineries in an attempt to cut off fuel supplies to the Russian military, and to diminish the export revenues the Kremlin uses to fund its war in Ukraine.
Russian media confirmed that a fire broke out at the Pervyy Zavod oil refinery in Kaluga Oblast following an overnight drone crash.
Ukrainian drones attacked the same oil refinery on March 14, at the time sparking another fire and damaging equipment at the facility.
The latest blitz comes after near the £3billion bridge linking Crimea to Russia.
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Footage showed the blazing oil terminal at Yurovka in southern Krasnodar region, where Vladimir Putin has two sprawling palaces.
Some 62 firefighters rushed to the LUKOIL-Yugnaftoprodukt oil terminal to try and extinguish the roaring blaze.
Kamikaze drones blitz oil depot as Ukraine sends Vlad message on ‘Victory Day’
Russia claimed it shot down six drones over facility.
Yesterday's strike came as Putin staged his annual Victory Day military parade on Moscow's Red Square.
The Russian tyrant had - held in honour of Russia's defeat of Nazi in World War II - over fears of Ukrainian kamikaze drone attacks.
A pared-down Victory Day parade held yesterday featured just one tank, the image indicative of the strains of war.
Speaking at the parade, Putin claimed Russia is "always" ready to strike the West and snubbed Britain in a snarling World War II rant.
Ukraine's repeated attacks on oil refineries have become a major headache for Putin, with Russian prices rising and supplies disrupted.
Moscow is meanwhile pummelling Ukraine's power plants in an attempt to hamper the production of weapons and public morale.
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