Russia Ukraine war latest: Kyiv launches mass drone attack against Putin’s forces as Zelensky thanks Biden

Below we have some more footage of the Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian oil refinery.

Earlier, we reported that the Black Sea Tuapse oil refinery, owned by oil major Rosneft, had been damaged by a strike.

A Czech-led initiative to buy ammunition from around the world for Ukraine will deliver 100,000 rounds to the country in July and August, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky has said.

“During July and August we will send about a total of 100 (thousand) pieces more. From September these deliveries will accelerate,” Mr Lipavsky told reporters in Brussels.

The Ukrainian capital has hosted its largest music festival since the full-scale invasion as images showed festival-goers flocking to the stages.

Atlas United, Ukraine’s biggest music festival, opened its doors on Sunday. While it had none of the usual big names headline – Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers and Liam Gallagher are among past attendees – the event proved hugely popular.

It was staged near the Kyiv shopping centre to offer attendees the chance to shelter should an air raid happen.

Footage has appeared to show the moment a Ukrainian drone hit a major Russian oil refinery in the southern Krasnodar region.

The attack took place overnight. Local officials said no-one was injured and that an explosion, as well as the resultant fire that at the Black Sea Tuapse oil refinery, owned by oil major Rosneft, was caused by the debris of an intercepted drone. The footage, however, appears to show an intact drone reaching its target.

The Independent has been unable to verify the images.

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Doctors suspected Nastase was the victim of poisoning when five times the normal level of mercury was found in his blood after he became suddenly ill. He decided, after recovery, to send his wife and children out of the country for their safety.

A fire caused by a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea Tuapse oil refinery has been put out, officials said this morning.

The refinery, owned by oil major Rosneft, was damaged in the drone attack overnight, officials from the Krasnodar region said earlier.

Russia’s Black Sea Tuapse oil refinery, owned by oil major Rosneft, was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack overnight, officials from the Krasnodar region said today.

Officials said the damage was caused from debris of a drone that was shot down by Russia sparked a fire at the refinery, which has since been contained. There were no casualties, the regional administration added.

It was not immediately clear if the refinery was operational or the extent of the damage it had sustained. Moscow rarely discloses the full scale of damage from Russian attacks.

Russia’s defence ministry earlier said its air defence systems destroyed 75 drones launched by Ukraine, including eight near the Tuapse.

The Tuapse refinery has been a target of several Ukrainian air attacks since the start of the war that Russia launched against its smaller neighbour in 2022.

Russia’s air defence systems destroyed 75 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, including eight near the town of Tuapse on the Black Sea where Russia’s oil major Rosneft has a refinery, the Russian defence ministry said this morning.

Of these, 47 drones were downed over the Rostov region in Russia’s southwest, 17 over the waters of the Black and Azov seas, eight over the Krasnodar region, where Tuapse is located, and single drones over the Belgorod, Voronezh and Smolensk region, the ministry said.

The ministry did not say whether its defence systems destroyed the drones, or whether the attack had caused any damage.

Sergei Boiko, head of the Tuapse district in the Krasnodar region, said on Telegram infrastructure and residential buildings had not been damaged.

Russian officials rarely disclose the full extent of damage inflicted by Ukrainian attacks. The Tuapse refinery has been a target of several Ukrainian air attacks since the start of the war that Russia launched against its smaller neighbour in 2022.

Russia’s SHOT and Mash Telegram news channels reported that a series of blasts were heard near the refinery early this morning.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Kyiv has often said that the attacks on Russia’s military, energy and transport infrastructure are in response to Russia’s continuous attacks on Ukraine‘s territory.